Benjamin Franklin Papers

Pierre Duffy to Benjamin Franklin, 26 January 1777: résumé

From Pierre Duffy

ALS: American Philosophical Society

<St. Malo, January 26, 1777, in English: The writer, an Irishman and Recollect friar, addresses his letter to Franklin as “Irish Gentle-Man” and informs him that he has a needy relative named Geene, Ginny, or Jeanne Franklin, the widow of “your Brother Robin Francklin” of Limerick. The letter is endorsed, apparently by Temple, “Jane Franklin pretended.”>

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    Pierre Duffy to Benjamin Franklin, 26 January 1777: résumé
    Author
    Duffy, Pierre
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    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    26 January 1777

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    “Pierre Duffy to Benjamin Franklin, 26 January 1777: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-23-02-0148. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 23, October 27, 1776, through April 30, 1777, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1983, p. 237.]