Letter
George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield to Benjamin Franklin, May 28, 1758
St. James’s Square [London] May the 28th [1758] 9
Lord and Lady Macclesfield Compliments to Mr. Franklin and Desiers the favour of his Company to Diner on Sattarday Next 1 at 3 o’clocke.
Addressed: Craven Street
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8 . See above, IV , 448 n.nn9 . So dated because 1758 was the only year of BF u2019s adult life in the May of which he was in England prior to his honorary doctorate at St. Andrews Feb. 12, 1759. Any one as conscious of BF u2019s scientific achievements as Lord Macclesfield would hardly have addressed him as u201cMr.u201d after that date.nn1 . June 3, 1758.
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