Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264
nklin asked forhis recall; he had signed the treaty of peace withEngland, thus crowning his mission with suc-cess. So in March, 1785, after nearly nine yearsresidence abroad. Congress was pleased to de-clare that the Honorable Benjamin Franklin, And it was true; for no American couldhave surpassed… … FRANKLIN AND HIS VOUNG RELATIVES IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. Esquire, was permitted to return to America.His fellow-signer of the Declaration, and after-ward our President, Thomas Jefferson, had beenchosen to succeed him as minister to theFrench court. You replace Dr. FrankHn, I hear, theKings…
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