17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Marc J. Wohler writes:
"Gentlemen do not read each other's mail." Ben Franklin
Original quote by Ben Franklin when the British government published (stolen?) private letters of John Adams to his wife critical of Franklyn and other members of the Continental Congress.
Can you provide a source for this? Franklin was known to use encryption, and the quote has been attributed to Stimson and no one else for years. I really doubt Franklin was naive enough to think that the British government were gentlemanly enough to respect his privacy.