From Benjamin Franklin to the Comte de Milly, 27 April 1778: résumé

To the Comte de Milly4

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<Passy, April 27, 1778: Franklin presents his compliments and will be pleased to see the comte and his friend M. Broignard5 at 11:00 on Wednesday morning if they will do him the honor of calling on him.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. Jean-Baptiste Le Roy’s father-in-law: above, XXIII, 128 n.

5. Doubtless Brongniart, the electrical experimenter; see his note above, April 7.

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Source Project: Franklin Papers
Title: From Benjamin Franklin to the Comte de Milly, 27 April 1778: résumé
Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Recipient: Milly, Nicolas-Christiern de Thy, comte de
Date: 27 April 1778

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Cite as: “From Benjamin Franklin to the Comte de Milly, 27 April 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0301. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 26, March 1 through June 30, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987, p. 358.]

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