Benjamin Franklin to Louis-Pierre Penot Lombart, chevalier de Laneuville, March 6, 1779

Passy, March 6. 1779

Sir,

I have perused the Papers you communicatd to me 4 by which it appears that you have been so disinterestedly serviceable in the American Armies.—And it is with great Pleasure I have added my Certificate, that those Papers are genuine and authentic; hoping they may be of Service to you, where the Power of Advancing Merit is more extensive than with the poor young States of America.—I have the Honour to be, with much Esteem, Sir, Your most obedient & most humble Servant

B Franklin

Brigadier General de Laneuville