Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, July 13, 1767

London, July 13. 1767

Dear Friend

I have heard of an Account you lately received from Russia of some Discovery of an ancient Sepulchre in the Frontiers of that Country. 7 I wish I could see that Account. In the mean time I send you a Passage I have met with in Herodotus, that most ancient Historian, concerning the Sepulchres of the Sythian Kings, which may possibly throw some Light on this Discovery. The Boristhenes you know is a River that takes its Rise in the North, and empties itself into the Euxine Sea. 8 I am, as ever, Yours affectionately

B Franklin