Benjamin Franklin - 1778 Autograph Letter Signed

Description: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Important Revolutionary War-dated autograph letter signed by Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) in the third person planning to see the electrical experiments of Antoine-Louis Brongniart: “Mr. Franklin presents his respectful Compliments to M. le Comte de Milly and shall be glad to see him and his Friend M. Brongniart on Wednesday Morning at 11 o’Cock, if they should then be pleased to do him the Honour of calling upon him. Passy, April 27, 1778.” Contains an address panel handwritten by Franklin on the integral page: “A. Mons., Monsieur le Comte de Milly, Rice Dauphine, a Paris –.” IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY WAR-DATED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLANNING TO VIEW IN PERSON THE ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS OF KING LOUIS XVI’S APOTHECARY IN PARIS IN 1778 Antoine-Louis Brongniart (1742–1804) was a French chemist and physicist who served as King Louis XVI’s personal apothecary and professor at the Museum of Natural History. Brongniart corresponded with Franklin days before the present letter and in August inviting him to attend and providing the results of his electrical experiments, in which he was treating patients with electrical fluid: “I will make…experiments on electricity, and on several electrical emanations, known as fixed air…I would be very flattered if your occupations would leave you enough leisure to follow several patients whom we treat with the electric fluid, and who are making singular progress towards their recovery. One of them has acquired an astonishing strength in the last fortnight, although his paralysis has been going on for eight years” (April 7, 1778) and “The experiments that I recently announced in public papers, on the increase of the electric fluid, in Machines exposed to the Sun, have excited a certain sensation among physicists. I repeated these new Experiences yesterday and the day before, in the presence of several people and Electric Doctors, and I obtained the same effects” (August 6, 1778). CONTAINS AN ADDRESS PANEL HANDWRITTEN BY FRANKLIN ON THE INTEGRAL PAGE WITH FRANKLIN’S WAX SEAL Sent to the French chemist Nicholas-Christiern de Thy, Le Comte de Milly (1728–1784) who introduced Franklin to Brongniart, contains one page on a bifolium with Franklin’s wax seal and postal stamps on the integral page, measures 18 by 7.25 inches, beautifully matted and framed with an image of Franklin and a plaque to an overall size of 27.5 by 22.25 inches, and in very fine condition with only very light toning, staining, and soiling throughout.

Price: 25000 USD

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

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