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- GLC#
- GLC04430
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1777/05/27
- Author/Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Title
- to nephew Jonathan Williams re: belief in ultimate success of American cause
- Place Written
- Paris, France
- Pagination
- 1 p. : free frank Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 36.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Franklin states that "You and your Country are engag'd in a good Cause, which God will finally crown with Success. Let nothing discourage." Franklin also mentions Williams' son John in Nantes. Franklin concludes: "I continue amazing well and hearty for my Age, and hope to live to see the End of these Troubles, and our Country establish'd in Freedom, when it will soon become great and glorious, by being the Asylum of all the Oppress'd of Europe, and the Resort of the Wealthy who love Liberty...." (Stored as open folio)
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