Jean de, & fils Neufville to Benjamin Franklin, May 31, 1779
Amstdn. the 31st. May 1779. Ever Honourd Sir! We intended Severall times to write to yoúr Excellency aboút the Loan for America recomanded to oúr care, for which she was…
Amstdn. the 31st. May 1779. Ever Honourd Sir! We intended Severall times to write to yoúr Excellency aboút the Loan for America recomanded to oúr care, for which she was…
[before June 10, 1779?] 2 High Honourable Sir! We should have been extreemly happy, if Y: E: had granted us already the papers relating the Loan, to be in the…
Amsterdam the 10 Júne 1779. High Honour’d Sir! The principall motive of the present is to desire Yoúr Excellency’s Kind assistance in forwarding the annexed Mercantile Letter by the first…
Amsterdam the 28th. Júne 1779. High Honourable Sir! We hope yoúr Excellency may have approved of the plan of the Loan which we had the honoúr to convey by oúr…
[after June 28, 1779] 8 High Honourable Sir! Will yoúr Excellency give me leave to transcribe at the foot of the present the latest important news we gott here from…
Amsterdam the 21th. Oct: 1779 High Honourable Sir May we begg leave to troúble the attention of your Excellency, and ask his assistance for oúr selfs and oúr American frinds,…
Amsterdam Le 11 Nov: 1779. High Honourable Sir We begg leave to give your Excellency our most sincere thanks for the contents of her most obliging favour of the 29h.…
Amsterdam the 10h. Jany. 1780. Honourd and Dear Sir! Mr. Dumas hath informed your Excellency with every particular which related to the Squadron under the comand of the brave Comodor…
Amsterdam the 20th Janÿ. 1780 Honour’d & Dear Sir! On the refusal of Mrs. Hope & Co: the owners of the vessel 3 in favour of who’s Captn. a Bill…
Amsterdam the [1] June 1780 8 Most Honourable Sir! We had the honour to write to Your Excellency by last maill, 9 acquainting her that we were willing to protect…
Amsterdam the 15 June 1780 Honourd and Dear Sir! May it please your Excellency, That in Consequence of our former information, we have accepted all those bills which hath appeared…
[after] June [24?] 1780. 3 Honourd Exy We have gott the honour to trouble your Excellency with the explication of Sevall. bills drawn on the Honourable Henry Laurens Esqr. Comissioner…
[on or after August 31, 1780] 9 Honourd Sir! May we thank your Excellency for the late favour she honourd us with of the 21st: instant as we are now…
Amsterdam the 25th. sept: 1780. Honourd Sir. May it please your Excellency, That as some new draufts have apeared lately on Mr Laurence, we have continued to give our Acceptance…
Amsterdam the 2d. October 1780. Honourd Sir! My it please your Excellency, that on examination of those bills, which we shall have to pay in the Month of decemr: next,…
Amsterdam 25 Oct: 1780. Honourd Sir! With all reverence we take leave to lay again before Your Excellency; that we have not yett received the permission for the Acceptance of…
Amsterdam 2 Nov: 1780 Honourd sir! May this find Your Excellency in a better state of health, then we observed by the reception of her last favour, 2 she had…
Amsterdam the 22d. January 1781 May it please Yoúr Excellency that we now lay before her the papers she hath charged us with to prepare for a Loan, we shall…
His Excellency Esqr President of the Generall Congress of the United States of North America To all those who should read or hear this present greeting. While as the generall…
Amsterdam 22 Feby. 1781 Honour’d Sir May it please Yoúr Excellency! that we remove the doúbts which are laying on oúr mind for two letters we received for her from…
Amsterdam 12 March 1781 Honourd Sir May it please Yoúr Excellency to receive by this Conveyance pro visionally two hundred of the bonds or obligations with the coupons there to…
Amsterdam the 13th. March 1781 Honourd Sir With infinite pleasúre we always obey Yoúr Excellencys commands, and are preparing fifty bonds provisionally with their coupons, to be send tomorrow. As…
Amsterdam the 19 March 1781 Honourable Sir May we thank Yoúr Excellency for the Obligations she was so kind as to retúrn ús by Mr. Thaxter. The best way we…
Amsterdam 21 March 1781 Honourd Sir May it not displease yoúr Excellency that by this present we tútch upon the unhappy afair of St. Eústacia, we do realy pity them…