To Benjamin Franklin from Georges-Louis Le Rouge, [before 20 March 1781]
From Georges-Louis Le Rouge
ALS: American Philosophical Society
[before March 20, 1781]2
Voicy les deux Carolines et la georgie.3 On reprendra toujours ce que Mr. franklin refusera.
Le Rouge restera toujours redevable quand même il en enveroit encore 10 fois autant.
Il apprend avec grande satisfaction la Convalescence de Mr le Dr franklin.
Il est avec respect le tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur
Le Rouge
Le porteur est Temoin comme Je travaille a la Carte de Hutchins.
Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur le / Docteur Franklin
Notation: Le Rouge
2. Le Rouge’s postscript says that he is still working on the Hutchins map, which was delivered to BF on March 20.
3. Le Rouge had published two four-sheet maps in 1777 that fit this description: “Caroline meridionale et partie de la Georgie” (a copy of a map by Bull, Gascoign, Bryan and de Brahm) and “An Accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers … from actual surveys by Henry Mouzon and others.” Both were bound into his Atlas amériquain septentrional (1778).