Neuchâtel en Suisse le 6. fevrier 1783. Monsieur, Puisje me flatter que Votre Excellence Se rappellera encore, l’hommage respectueux, qu’eut l’honneur de lui rendre, il y a pres de deux…
Frédéric-Samuel Ostervald writes to Benjamin Franklin in 1784 to express respect and to inquire whether Franklin's library has received the latest volumes of Ostervald's Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, which may have been delayed due to border restrictions on foreign books. Ostervald offers to send any missing volumes directly to Franklin, confident that a package addressed to him will bypass obstacles.