Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to William Carmichael, 8 February 1778

To William Carmichael

ALS: National Archives

Passy, Feb. 8. 1778

Dear Sir,

I received your Favour of the 1st Instant. My Sentiments of Esteem for you have been always uniform, ever since I had the pleasure of knowing you. I never had the least doubt of your Integrity, and Zeal for our Cause, in which I know you have been HIGHLY serviceable. My intrusting the enclos’d important Letter to your Care,4 is an additional Proof of the Confidence I place in you. I heartily wish you a good Voyage, and happy Sight of your Friends and Country; being ever with sincere Regard, Dear Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant

B. Franklin

Mr Carmichael

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. Doubtless the ALS, now missing, of BF and Deane to Hancock of the same date. The present letter did not reach Carmichael before he sailed, but crossed the Atlantic with JW’s brother John. Carmichael acknowledged it and the letter to Hancock in his reply below, May 14; the underlining here may well be his.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to William Carmichael, 8 February 1778
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Carmichael, William
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    8 February 1778

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to William Carmichael, 8 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-25-02-0488. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 25, October 1, 1777, through February 28, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986, p. 636.]

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