Rear Adm. Richard, Viscount Howe to Benjamin Franklin, June 1, 1784

[June 1, 1784]

Ld Howe desires with the Kings permission 3 to Present the History of the late Capt. Cooks last Voyage Printed under the direction of the admiralty To Dr. Franklin; 4 in acknowledgment of the Doctors Liberal Endeavors for Preventing all Obstructions Which that Celebrated circumnavigator might have been liable to from American Cruizers on his return to Europe. 5