Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Benjamin Franklin papers, 1726-1907 (bulk 1770-1789).
Correspondence, journals, records, articles, and other material, chiefly 1770s-1780s, relating to Franklin's life and career. Includes MS. (1728) of his Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion; letterbooks (1777-1782) of the United States Legation in Paris; records (1780-1783) of the United States peace commissioners, including journals kept by Franklin and Richard Oswald; and papers (1781-1818) of Franklin's grandson, Wiliam Temple Franklin (1760-1823). Correspondents include John Adams, Richard Bache, William Carmichael, Thomas Cushing, Charles Dumas, David Hartley, Jan Ingenhousz, John Jay, John Paul Jones, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Laurens, Robert Morris, Antoine de Sartine, John Schweighauser, Lord Selburne, Mary Stevenson, Comte de Vergennes, George Washington, and Jonathan Williams.
Statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat.
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Stevenson, Mary.
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787.
Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784.
Bache, Richard, d. 1850.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815.
Carmichael, William, d. 1795.
Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788.
Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frederic, ca. 1725-ca. 1780.
Hartley, David, a. 1731-1813.
Ingenhousz, Jan, 1745-1829.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Laurens, Henry 1724-1792.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801.
Schweighauser, John.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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