3201. FRANKLIN (Benjamin), French admiration.—
No greater proof of his estimation
in France can be given than the late
letters of condolence on his death, from the
National Assembly of that country, and the
community of Paris, to the President of the
United States and to Congress, and their public
mourning on that event. It is, I believe, the
first instance of that homage having been paid
by a public body of one nation to a private citizen
of another.—
To Rev. William Smith. Washington ed. iii, 213.
Ford ed., v, 292.
(Pa.,
1791)
