From the Abbesse de Maucler
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<La Fère in Picardy, May 2, 1778, in French: Rumor in these
parts has it that you are coming to see the royal artillery school
here. If so I beg you to stay with me. I should be flattered to
receive one who honors a name that belongs to me through
my maternal grandmother, a Franklin from Ireland. Whether
this is your family I do not know, but do know that I should
get infinite pleasure from seeing you.>
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