John Holker to Benjamin Franklin, November 4, 1777
Rouen 4 of Nover 1777 My Dear Sir It was with pleasure I Received yours, and had Just been in the Contry should have maid you an answer sooner. Shall…
Sir John Holker was a British lawyer, politician, and judge. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Preston from 1872 until his death ten years later. He was first Solicitor General and later Attorney General in the second government of Benjamin Disraeli.
Rouen 4 of Nover 1777 My Dear Sir It was with pleasure I Received yours, and had Just been in the Contry should have maid you an answer sooner. Shall…
John Holker writes to Alexander Hamilton expressing concern over the delayed arrival of the Count, fearing he may have encountered a storm while sailing south. Holker hopes the Count will still arrive in time to contribute effectively to the American Revolutionary cause.
Rouen ce 30. 9bre. 1779. Mon cher & respectable ami Jai reçû la Lettre que vous avés eu la bonté de m’ecrire le 22 passé une indisposition d’un gros rhûme…
Monteny 26 April 1780 Dear Sir The Vessel is arrived from Amsterdam with the different objects you Recomended to my caire, 6 but as they was consind to Mr Bretin…
Rouen 27 of febury 1782 My Good friend Messrs. Hazlehurst and Grubb, handed me the letters you was so obliging as to give them; 4 for which I am most…