05302cpcaa2200841 a 4500 mm 73021451 DLC 20260227111614.0 cr ||||||||||| 740118|||||||||||| eng mm 73021451 ms 72001716 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng fre C lcmd Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Benjamin Franklin papers, 1726-1907 (bulk 1770-1789). 8,000 items. 40 containers. 12 microfilm reels. 12 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, journals, records, articles, and other material relating to Franklin's life and career. Includes manuscript (1728) of his Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion; negotations in London (1775); letterbooks (1779-1782) of the U.S. legation in Paris, France; records (1780-1783) of the U.S. peace commissioners, including journals kept by Franklin and Richard Oswald; facsimile copy of his ledger as U.S. postmaster general (1775-1778); and papers (1781-1818) of Franklin's grandson, William Temple Franklin (1760-1823). Correspondents include John Adams, Richard Bache, William Carmichael, Thomas Cushing, Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas, David Hartley, Mary (Stevenson) Hewson, Jan Ingenhousz, John Jay, John Paul Jones, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, William Petty, marquis of Lansdowne, Henry Laurens, Robert Morris, Antoine de Sartine, comte d'Alby, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, George Washington, George Whitefield, and Jonathan Williams. Microfilm edition of Series 1-3 available, no. 15,747. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1973. Statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat. Collection material in English and French. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003048 Index of selected correspondence available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms003048.appx.pdf Adams, John, 1735-1826 Correspondence. Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 Correspondence. Carmichael, William, -1795 Correspondence. Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788 Correspondence. Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 Correspondence. Hartley, David, approximately 1731-1813 Correspondence. Hewson, M. S. (Mary Stevenson) Correspondence. Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 Correspondence. Jay, John, 1745-1829 Correspondence. Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 Correspondence. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Correspondence. Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 Correspondence. Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 Correspondence. Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Correspondence. Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801 Correspondence. Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787 Correspondence. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Correspondence. Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 Correspondence. Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Correspondence. Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783 September 3. United States. Continental Congress. United States. Postmaster General. Diplomatic and consular service, American France. Postal service United States. France Foreign relations United States. Great Britain Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations 1775-1783. United States Foreign relations France. United States Foreign relations Great Britain. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Peace. Diplomats. itoamc Publishers. itoamc Scientists. itoamc Statesmen. itoamc Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Articles of belief and acts of religion. 1728 Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823. William Temple Franklin papers. Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784. Richard Oswald papers. United States. Legation (France) U.S. Legation (France) letterbooks. 1779-1782. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003048 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003048.3 Index of selected correspondence (PDF) http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms003048.appx.pdf 39243 39243