Letter
Benjamin Franklin to Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l’Aulne Turgot, April 2, 1777
Passy, April 2. 1777 Sir, M. Cenis 1 being at Bourdeaux, will easily find Ships there bound to some Part of North America, as I am told that scarce a…
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated something like the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture.
Passy, April 2. 1777 Sir, M. Cenis 1 being at Bourdeaux, will easily find Ships there bound to some Part of North America, as I am told that scarce a…