Benjamin Franklin Papers

William Temple Franklin to John Adams, 26 July 1780

William Temple Franklin to John Adams

AL: Massachusetts Historical Society

Passy 26. July 1780

Mr Franklin junr. has the honour of sending herewith to his Exy Mr Adams, his Grandfathers Dispatches for Holland; & has that of wishing him his Health, & an agreable Journey./.3

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3On the afternoon of the 26th JA went to BF’s residence at the Hôtel de Valentinois for a passport. At one o’clock the following afternoon he and his sons John Quincy and Charles set out for the Netherlands: Taylor, J.Q. Adams Diary, I, 35–6; Butterfield, John Adams Diary, II, 442.

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