From the Vicomte de Sarsfield
AL: American Philosophical Society
<Sunday, February 22, [1778], in French: The vicomte de Sarsfield
came to ask Mr. Franklin to dine with him, not on Mardi
Gras (when he will be in the country) but on the first Sunday
in Lent, March 8; he sets such a distant date in hopes that M.
Franklin will be free, and apologizes for the change of plan.
M. Franklin fils and M. Deane, he hopes, will do him the same
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