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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 to nephew Jonathan Williams re: belief in ultimate success of American cause

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04430 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1777/05/27 Pagination: 1 p. : free frank Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 36.8 cm Order a Copy

Franklin states that "You and your Country are engag'd in a good Cause, which God will finally crown with Success. Let nothing discourage." Franklin also mentions Williams' son John in Nantes. Franklin concludes: "I continue amazing well and hearty for my Age, and hope to live to see the End of these Troubles, and our Country establish'd in Freedom, when it will soon become great and glorious, by being the Asylum of all the Oppress'd of Europe, and the Resort of the Wealthy who love Liberty...." (Stored as open folio)

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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