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Collection Reference Number GLC07899
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1788 
Title Benjamin Franklin to Michel G. de Crevecoeur
Date 16-17 February 1788
Author Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  
Recipient de Crevecoeur, Michel G.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Franklin thanks Crevecoeur for gifts received the previous summer, as well as pointing out the pros and cons of a steam engine in the postscript, dated February 17.
Subjects American Statesmen  Gift  Steam  Invention  
People Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  de Crevecoeur, Michel G. (1735-1813)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859