Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Benjamin Franklin, statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat, were given to the Library of Congress by transfer, gift, and purchase, 1903-1968. An addition was transferred from the Library of Congress archives to the collection in 1989.
Processing History
The papers of Benjamin Franklin were arranged and described in 1968 and prepared for microfilming in 1972. The finding aid was revised in 2000.
Related Material
Franklin correspondence can also be found in other collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library, including the Peter Force Collection and the papers of George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Edmond Charles Genet , James McHenry , Silas Deane, and Andrew Ellicott . Other Franklin items in the Library are in the Mrs. Archibald Crossley Autograph Collection, the J. Pierpont Morgan Book of Signers, the Gaston Tissandier Collection , and the reproductions from archives in Great Britain ( Public Record Office ) and France ( Ministère des Affaires Etrangères ).
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on twelve reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Online Content
The papers of Benjamin Franklin are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000064.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.