Letter from John Ridgely Carter, American Chargé d'Affaires, American Embassy, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society 'Sir, I have the honour to enclose herewith, at the request of the American Philosophical Society, an invitation to your Society to send a Representative to the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, which is to be held at Philadelphia from the 17th to the 20th of April of this year. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, John Ridgely Carter' [enclosure not present]. 21 January 1906