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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, September 21, 1768
London, Sept. 21. 1768 Dear Sir, I received your Favour by M. L’Abbé Taglieri, and am oblig’d to you for the Acquaintance of so agreable and intelligent a Man. I…
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Letters to Jean Baptiste Le Roy
Jean-Baptiste Le Roy was an 18th-century French physicist and one of the major contributors to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and d’Alembert for technology. The son of 18th-century Parisian clockmaker and watchmaker Julien Le Roy, he had three brothers: Pierre (1717-1785), a brilliant clock-maker in his own right, Julien-David (1724-1803), a neo-classical architect and archaeologist, and Charles a physician and Encyclopédiste.
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, January 31, 1769
London, Jan. 31. 1769. Dear Sir, I received your obliging Favour of Nov. 15. I presented your Compliments to Sir John Pringle, who was glad with me to hear of…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, May 17, 1771
London, May 17. 1771 Dear Sir, It is long since I have had the Pleasure of hearing from you. I hope your Health continues, and that your valuable Life will…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, April 20, 1772
London, April 20. 1772 Dear Sir, I received your Favour of March 5 2 per M. Dazoux, and shall be glad of any Opportunity of doing him Service. It gave…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, March 30, 1773
London, March 30 [1773] Dear Sir You punish my delay of writing to you very properly by not writing to me. It is long since I have had the Pleasure…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, December 18, 1778
[after December 18, 1778] 6 M. Franklin requests M. Le Roy to tell him the Name of the present Governor of Dominique, who is the Husband of one of the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, February 25, 1784
Benjamin Franklin writes to Jean Baptiste Le Roy enclosing correspondence from Mr. Eckhardt, an inventive mechanic seeking assistance. Franklin requests Le Roy to help Eckhardt if possible and to share Eckhardt's comments on balloons with Mr. Montgolfier. Franklin expresses his eagerness to see Le Roy soon.