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- GLC#
- GLC04449
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 June 1778
- Author/Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Title
- to David Hartley
- Place Written
- Paris, France
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written by Franklin as a diplomat in France to Hartley as a member of the British Parliament. The two were friends since the 1760s. References a letter he wrote to Hartley on 25 May 1778 concerning 200 British prisoners of war. Franklin says "We are oblig'd to keep the Prisoners on shipboard where I doubt they can be comfortably accommodated" and hopes they can be exchanged. Hartley and Franklin would later work together in Paris to sign the peace treaty ending the war. Docketing appears to be in Hartley's hand.
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