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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 to Michel G. de Crevecoeur

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07899 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788/02/16-17 Pagination: 2 pgs + docket. 23x18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Franklin thanks Crevecoeur for gifts received the previous summer, as well as pointing out the pros and cons of a steam engine in the postscript, dated February 17.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
De Crevecoeur, Michel G., fl. 1788

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