re:Gentlemen do not read each other's mail

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 "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.

The Britsh hoped to drive a wedge into the congress and especially between
Adams % Franklin.

Franklin was a gentleman.

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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.