John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin, March 28, 1780
L’Orient March 28th. 1780. Honored and dear Sir, I have received your Orders of the 18th. and have written to Nantes for particular information respecting the Anchorage off Noirmontier that…
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46,149 lettersL’Orient March 28th. 1780. Honored and dear Sir, I have received your Orders of the 18th. and have written to Nantes for particular information respecting the Anchorage off Noirmontier that…
London 28 Mar: 1780 Dear sir I wrote you on the 10th Current to which I beg to be referred— Since when I am much concerned to find that the…
on Board the hermione 20h March 1780 Dear Sir We are Again Going to Sail, 5 But no News about our cloathing— What is Become of it, I Cannot Guess,…
Passy, March 20th. 1780. sir, In compliance with your Excellency’s Opinion, express’d in the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me on the 14th. of October last,…
Passy 20. mar. 1780. sir, I received The Letter you did me the honour of writing to me on the 11th. Instant. The loan office Bills of which you send…
Lorient Marh. 19th 1780 The Humble Petition of three Men late belonging to the Continential Ship Reprisal Lambert Weeks Esqr. Commr. Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners has just arrived from…
Passy Mar 19th. 1780. Sir, I beg leave to introduce to your Excellency’s Acquaintance & Civilities, Monsr. le Chevalier De Chastelleux; Major General in the French Troops, now about to…
[March 19, 1780] Dear sir I send you adjoined the Certificate you desire, and am perfectly convinc’d from Conversations I have since had with Mr. Pultney that no body was…
Passy, March. 19. 1780. Sir, I received yours offering the Govr. Livingston and mary fearon for the service of the United States. Understanding little about shipping, I leave those Matters…
Passy Mar 18. 1780. Dear Sir, I received your Letter relating to the Bullets of the Engineer in Denmark, and shall write thither accordingly. 4 I have also just received…
Lahaie 17 Mars 1780 Monsieur Je n’ai qu’un instant pour profiter de l’occasion d’un Exprès que Mr. Gillon envoie à Paris, & vous envoyer la belle & rare copie de…
17 Mar 1780 Dr. Sir This will be handed you by a Capn. Jno Snelling a native of Boston tho for many years past He has been employd in the…
Passy, March 16. 1780. Dear Sir, The Marquis de la Fayette, our firm & constant Friend, returning to America, I have written a long Letter by him to the President,…
Passy 15. Mar. 1780 Gentlemen, I acquainted you in a former Letter, that there were great Misunderstandings between Capt. Landais and the other Officers of his ship. 1 These Differences…
Passy, March. 15. 1780. Dear sir, In compliance with your Recommendation, which I very much respect, I have given the Passports desired by Captains Mitchel and Carpenter. 9 All these…
Versailles le 14 mars 1780. J’ai l’honneur de vous envoyer, Monsieur, une Lettre qui a été écrite à M. Amelot Secretaire d’Etat par M. de Blossac Intendant du Poitou, au…
à L’Ecole Rle. mre. 3 Le 14e. mars, 1780. Monsieur. En ma qualité de Secretaire intime de notre céleste amie, 4 j’ai l’honneur de vous rappeller de sa part la…
L’Orient March 14th. 1780 Honored and dear Sir Inclosed is a Copy of the Only Bill of Ransom with which I have ever been concerned. 8 I have this day…
Paris ce 14 Mars 1780 Monsieur Le désir bien vif que j’ay d’aller au devant de tout ce qui peut vous être agréable, m’a fait prendre en considération les moyens…
Paris ce 14. Mars 1780. Les occasions de faire sa cour á Monsieur franklin, et de profiter de ses bontés, sont trop precieuses a M d’Estaing pour en perdre aucune;…