Bill for Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Schooling, 15 April 1779

Bill for Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Schooling6

AD: American Philosophical Society

a Passy Le quinze avril 1779.

Monsieur franklin doit pour la Pension de Mr. son petit fils

Les deux quartiers et plusrs. jours de Pension ce qu fait au total	270
Six mois de Mtre. de Dessein	108
6 mois de danse	72
6 paires de Souliers	27
Les Semaines	31	12
Lait pour les dejeuner	29	15
6 mois de Perruquier	12
Les Etrennes des Sous Mtres et domestiques	24
une Culotte de peau grise et façon	7

une Culotte de Soye noire du 14 fevrier 1779	16	15
deux paires de bas de cotton de	5	20
Total	603	l.t. 7 s.

J’ai reçu de Monsieur franklin Le montant du présent Mémoire dont je quitte Mondit Sieur pour solde de compte7

Le Coeur

Endorsed by Franklin: Pd. by an Order on Grand / Schoolmaster Le Coeur’s Receipt. Benny

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

6. The final account from his former schoolmaster Le Coeur, where BFB had been since the spring of 1777: XXV, 91n; XXVI, 331–2. The child was now setting off to continue his education in Geneva; see his letter printed under April 20.

7. The payment is recorded in BF’s Cash Book (Account XVI; XXVI, 3).

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Source Project: Franklin Papers
Title: Bill for Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Schooling, 15 April 1779
Author: Le Coeur, ——
Recipient: Franklin, Benjamin
Date: 15 April 1779

Reference

Cite as: “Bill for Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Schooling, 15 April 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-29-02-0266. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 29, March 1 through June 30, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992, pp. 325–326.]

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