The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/LXVII

by Max Farrand

LXVII. Benjamin Franklin to John Paul Jones.^[1]

Philada. July 22, 1787.

Be pleased to present my Respects to him, and acquaint him that the Convention goes on well, and that there is hope of great Good to result from their Counsels.—I intended to have wrote to him: but three Days Illness from which I have hardly recovered have prevented me.

1. Smyth, Writings of Franklin, IX, 604–605.