To Elizabeth and Benjamin West
als: McGill University Library
Passy, Augt. 16. 1780

I received by the hand of Mr Strange, and contemplated with great Pleasure, the Representations of my dear Friends Mr and Mrs West, & their Children, contain'd in the fine Print they have been so kind as to send me. I pray God to bless them all, particularly my Godson, and grant them to live as long as I have done, & with as much Health, who continue as hearty as a Buck, with a Hand still steady, as they may see by this Writing. I hope yet to embrace them once more in Peace: In the mean time I wish them every kind of Felicity, being with sincere Respect & Esteem Theirs affectionately

B Franklin

Mr & Mrs West
Addressed: To / Mr West / History Painter / London
Notation: Dr. Franklin
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