——— Guigon to Benjamin Franklin, 29 August 1778: résumé

From ——— Guigon8

ALS: American Philosophical Society

<Agde, August 29, 1778, in French: I am sending you a modest work on engineering and make bold to congratulate your country on its alliance with France, that generous protector of the weak. May America prove a faithful daughter!>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. He signs himself Maître de Chapelle de la Cathédrale d’Agde.

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Title: ——— Guigon to Benjamin Franklin, 29 August 1778: résumé
Author: Guigon, ——
Recipient: Franklin, Benjamin
Date: 29 August 1778

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Cite as: “——— Guigon to Benjamin Franklin, 29 August 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0299. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 27, July 1 through October 31, 1778, ed. Claude A. Lopez. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988, p. 319.]