Letters from Marie-Anne-Henriette Payan de l’Estaing, baronne de Bourdic

Marie-Anne-Henriette Payan de l’Estaing, baronne de Bourdic to Benjamin Franklin, April 20, 1783

Marie-Anne-Henriette Payan de l’Estaing, baronne de Bourdic, writes to Benjamin Franklin expressing her eagerness to correspond with him and apologizing for the slow and difficult translation of a four-page letter he entrusted to her. She requests a brief note from Franklin to confirm that her work meets his approval before she returns to her province. The baronne values the opportunity to engage with a man she admires for his virtues and genius.