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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Character

Le Veillard

French friend who received a manuscript copy of the autobiography.

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Also known as Monsieur Le Veillard, the Le Veillard

First appearance: The Story of the Autobiography

Le Veillard's tie to Benjamin Franklin is one of the pressures that moves The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Friend of Franklin in Paris to whom a copy of the manuscript was sent; later disclaimed knowledge of the first French edition.
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With Benjamin Franklin (friendship): Franklin corresponded warmly with Le Veillard, a French friend who helped preserve his autobiography manuscript. In The Story of the Autobiography: Friend of Franklin in Paris to…

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