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Silas Deane to Count Vergennes

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SILAS DEANE TO COUNT VERGENNES.

Paris, December 8th, 1776.

SIR: I received last evening a letter from my friend Dr˙ Franklin, at Nantes, which place he was to leave last Sunday morning, so that I expect him in Paris this day, or early to-morrow. Mean time I have and shall carefully attend to the hint given me, and am confident he will do the same. His arrival is the common topick of conversation, and has given birth to a thousand conjectures and reports, not one of which I have given ground for, having constantly declared that I am ignorant of the motives of his voyage or his business.

I have the honour to be, &c˙,

SILAS DEANE.

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Title

Letter from Silas Deane to Count Vergennes: Dr. Franklin's arrival in France is the common topick of conversation, and has given birth to a thousand conjectures and reports

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-12-08

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: Benjamin Franklin
Military action: foreign alliances

Document ID

S5-V3-P03-sp01-D0216

Series

S5

Volume

S5-V3

Part

S5-V3-P03

Sub-Part

S5-V3-P03-sp01

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