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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, October 27, 1777
Berlin 27th Octor 1777. Dear Sir I address you not as a Commissioner for America, but as a man of feeling, who has a disposition to do justice to all…
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Letters from Stephen Sayre
B. 1736 · D. 1818
Stephen Sayre (1736-1818) was a member of a thousand-strong American community living in London at the time of the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775. A close associate of John Wilkes, the radical Lord Mayor of London, Sayre, a merchant and a city sheriff, is alleged to have planned to kidnap George III with the help of the London mob. The King was to be taken to the Tower of London, before being bundled off to his ancient patrimony in Hanover.
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13 letters
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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, June 15, 1778
Copenhagen 15th June 1778 Sir As my information is only from the public papers, I am left in uncertainty whether I am writing to Mr. John, or Mr. Samuel Adams.…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, November 7, 1778
Copenhagen 7th novr. 1778— Sir It is now a long time since I have troubled your Excellency with a Letter: 8 for I have had no encouragement to give you…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, January 13, 1779
Copenhagen 13th. Jany. 1779 Sir I am honor’d with your Letter of the 25th. decr; also with your Excellencey’s Opinion, approving the proposition I had made. But, unfortunately it came…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, March 21, 1779
Copenhagen 21 Mar: 1779 Sir I did myself the honor of writing your Excellency a few Lines upon my return here from Stockholm; 7 expressing my belief, that a freindly…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, April 13, 1779
Copenhagen 13th April 1779— Sir. I am favour’d with your Excellencys Letter of 31 March, sent me by Messrs Hopes: for having been taken ill, I had advised them accordingly.…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, June 9, 1779
Amsterdam 9th June 1779— Sir I have more Letters from some Gentlemen in London pressing the affairs relating to the present State of Ireland mentioned in my last. 7 They…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, October 10, 1779
Valenciens 10th octor. 1779 2 Sir From what I heard in Paris the day I came away, there seem’d a probability that the Captain who commands the Alliance Frigate would…
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Stephen Sayre to Benjamin Franklin, November 21, 1779
Amsterdam 21 Novr. 1779 Sir The Bearer, Capn Hodgson, wishes to be known to your Excellency, & may want some assistance, in his way to America— He will explain his…
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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, November 1, 1780
St. Petersburg 21 Octr. [ , Start insertion, 1 November , End, ] 1780 Sir I make no Apology for troubling you with a Letter, because your Excellency must know…
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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, January 10, 1781
St Petersburg 30th. decr. 1780 Old Stile [ , Start insertion, 10 January 1781 N.S. , End, ] Dear Sir I am, not many days since favour’d with your Letter…
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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, February 23, 1797
Philaa 23. Feb: 1797. No 158. Market Street. Sir presuming, that a general peace is not very distant: a question arises, to the mind of every citizen, who knows the…
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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, March 20, 1797
Point Breeze 20th. Mar. 1797 Sir As you gave me liberty to consult the Vice President, on the subject of my last Letter, I did so, before my departure from…