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Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, June 30, 1781
Passy, June 30. 1781 Sir, This is to request that you will accept no more Bills with an Expectation of my Paying them, till you have farther Advice from me:…
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Letters from Benjamin Franklin
B. 1706 · D. 1790
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
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Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, June 30, 1781
Passy, June 30. 1781. I received, my dear Friends, kind Letter of the 15th. Instant, and immediately communicated your Request of a Passport to M. le Comte de Vergennes. His…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, June 30, 1781
Passy, June 30. 1781. Sir, You acquaint me that Bills have appear’d drawn on you in March last, and ask very properly if this can be reconciled to the obvious…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, July 7, 1781
Saturday July 7.—PM. Dr. Franklin presents his Compliments to Mr. Adams, and sends such of his Trunks as can be got at; W.T.F. in whose Chamber it is suppos’d there…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Hodgson, July 8, 1781
Passy, July 8. 1781 Dear Sir, I received your Favour of the past, 6 and immediately gave Orders to Mr Grand to remit you One hundred and ten Pounds Sterling…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean-François Joly de Fleury de La Valette, July 9, 1781
Passy ce [9] Juillet 1781. J’ai remis il y a quelques tems, Monsieur, à Mr. Le Comte. de Vergennes, l’etat des fonds dont j’avais besoin pour le Service des Etats…
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Benjamin Franklin to William L. Jackson, July 10, 1781
Passy, July 10. 1781 Sir Last Night I received your 4th Letter on the Same Subject. 8 You are anxious to carry the Money with you, because it will re-animate…
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Benjamin Franklin to —— Palteau de Veimerange, July 10, 1781
Passy, July 10. 1781. Sir I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 3d Instant, 6 inclosing the Accounts of the military Stores sent…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Temple, July 15, 1781
Passy July 15. 1781 I received my old Friend’s Letter 8 with Pleasure, as it inform’d me of his Welfare and safe Arrival on the Continent, and of the Welfare…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Hodgson, July 17, 1781
Passy, July 17. 1781 Dear Sir In my last of the 8th Inst. I mention’d my ordering a Remittance to be made to you of 110£ Sterling, which I hope…
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Benjamin Franklin to Ulrich, baron de Thun, July 17, 1781
Passy, July 17. 1781 Sir, I am really ashamed to have been so long without answering the Letter your Excellency did me the honour of writing to me the 6th…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deacon M Auer, July 18, 1781
Passy, July 18. 1781 Reverend Sir, I received the Letter you did me the Honour of Writing to me the 23d past, containing a Request that I would advance to…
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Benjamin Franklin to J.F. Frin & Co, July 18, 1781
Passy le 18. Juillet 1781. Je reçois dans l’Instant, Messrs. votre Lettre d’hier. 1 J’ai examiné mes Livres de noveau et je trouve qu’effectivement la 4me. de la Traite en…
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Benjamin Franklin to Robert Morris, July 26, 1781
Passy, July 26. 1781 Dear Sir, I have just received your very friendly Letter of the 6th of June past, announcing your Appointment to the Superintendance of our Finances. This…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bondfield, July 30, 1781
Passy, July 30. 1781 Sir, I received your Favour of the 21. Inst. and return accepted the two Bills it enclos’d. 2 In perusing your Account sent me the Beginning…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Hodgson, August 8, 1781
Passy, Aug. 8. 1781 Dear Sir, I received your Favour of the 20th past. That of the 8th of May came regularly to hand. I thought I had before acknowledged…
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Benjamin Franklin to D’Acosta frères & Cie Penet, August 8, 1781
Passy 8. Augt. 1781. Gentlemen, I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 31. past. The Packet you sent me for Mr. Mazzei has…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, August 12, 1781
Passy Augt. 12. 1780 [ i.e. , 1781] 6 Sir, Since my last of the 6th. Inst. there have been several Arrivals in France from America. I have Letters from…
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Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, August 12, 1781
Passy, Augt 12. 1781 Sir I have received several Letters lately which you did me the honour of writing to me, containing Receipts of escaped American Prisoners for the Sums…
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Benjamin Franklin to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, August 12, 1781
Passy, Augt. [12] 1781. 3 Dear Sir, Inclos’d I send you a late Paper rec’d from Rhodeisland. You will see in it the advantages our Troops have gain’d in South…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Charles-Pierre Lenoir, August 19, 1781
Passy, Aug. 19. 1781 Sir, In October last, there came to me a Person who call’d himself Thierry de Lavau, a Frenchman, representing that he had lived some Years in…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, August 20, 1781
Passy Augt. 20. 1781 Dear Sir, I have before me several of your late letters, 7 which tho’ not formally , have been substantially answered, by the Payment of your…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Blake, August 22, 1781
Passy, Augt. 22. 1781 Sir, The Congress having judged that the private Trade carried on with England under various Pretences, is prejudicial to the general Interest of the United States,…
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Benjamin Franklin to Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, August 22, 1781
Passy, Aug 22. 1781 Sir, I received the Letter your Excellency did me the Honour of writing to me the 19th Instant, enclosing the Copy of a Letter from the…