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- GLC#
- GLC03359
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 21, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Deane, Silas, 1737-1789
- Title
- to James Searle
- Place Written
- France
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Apprises Searle, then a commissioner to France to negotiate a loan for the State of Pennsylvania, of his upcoming journey to America. Hopes to see Searle in Passy (in Paris) the following day, where Deane indicates he will dine and take leave of Benjamin Franklin. Deane and Franklin were on a diplomatic mission in France during the American Revolution.
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