From Benjamin Franklin to Marat, 13 March 1779
To Marat
ALS: The 19th Century Shop, Baltimore, Maryland (1991)
Passy, March 13, 1779
Sir
I think my self much honour’d by the Invitation, and shall endeavour to be present at the farther Exhibition of those ingenious Experiments, when I am informed of the Day and Hour appointed by the Committee.7 I am, with great Esteem Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant
B Franklin
To the Representative of the Author of Experiments on the igneous Fluid
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
7. See Marat’s letter inviting BF, printed above, before March 13.