John Adams to Mercy Warren regarding Benjamin Franklin's death - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC08024
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1813
Title	John Adams to Mercy Warren regarding Benjamin Franklin's death
Date	1 September 1813
Author	Adams, John (1735-1826)
Recipient	Warren, Mercy
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Reminiscing about the announcement of Franklin's death.
Subjects	President American Statesmen Death
People	Adams, John (1735-1826) Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)
Place written	Quincy, Massachusetts
Theme	The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Quincy Septr. 1. 1813 Madam Permit me to inclose to you, a Packet from my old Friend Governor M. Kean: and a Dialogue of the dead. The Caller was the Effusion of a musing Moment of an Evening at Richmond Hill, when Congress Satt at New York in 1789. immediately after the Arrival of the News of Dr Franklin's death. Searching last Sunday among a heap of forgotten rubbish for another paper, it Struck my Eye. After you shall have minuted or extracted what you please, I pray you to return me all these Papers by the Mail. I am madam, most respectfully, your obedient humble Servant John Adams Madam Warren [address leaf] Madam Warren