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Von Kempelen's letter of introduction to Benjamin Franklin, was then the American Ambassador to France, said that the Baron who at the Cafe de la Regence in Paris was more interested in finding buyers for his useful inventions than in giving shows, but that he was not averse to the Chess Player's paying his traveling expenses. A note from the Baron to the famous American scientist and inventor is still preserved. Written on May 28. 1783. alter Von Kempelen had returned from an exhibition for the French court at Versailles, it invited the Philadelphian to play a game with the Turk and to see a new Von Kempelen invention.
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