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46,149 lettersDunkerque The 27th. December 1779 Honnoured Sir I This Moment receive the Petition to Your Excellency from Our Surgeon Boutey. 4 Was this restless man a Good Subject, he certainly…
Passy, Dec 27. 1779. Dear sir I received yours of the 15th with Letters from Commodore Jones and Capt. Conyingham. 6 I would write to them and send to Capt.…
Passy, Decr. 26. 1779 Dear Jonathan I received yours of the 16th. with one from Mr. Mazzey. I have known him a long time and have always esteemed him an…
Alicante 25th. Decr. 1779 Sir I had the Honour of Paying my Respects to your Eccely: under the 18th Current 5 and Since have your Truly Esteem’d of the 26th…
ce Samedy Matin [December 25, 1779?] 4 Nous avons lhonneur de faire Mille remerciments a Monsieur franklin de son attention obligeante. Nous sommes dans linquietudes et dans l’impassiances la plus…
Saturday Evening [December 25, 1779] 9 Dr. Bancroft presents his most respectful Compliments to Dr. Franklin. He called to Communicate a Letter which he has just recd. from Mr. Ridley…
Geneve le 25 Xbre 1779 Mon très cher bon papa Il faudroit que je fusse bien ingrat pour ne pas dans ce renouvellement d’année où même les plus indifferents 8…
Queen Square, Westminster, the 24h. December, 1779.–— Dear Sir The many pleasing Convivial hours we formerly spent together in Cornhill and Queen Square, and the continued proofs I ever received…
Passy Dec. 21. 1779. Sir I return herewith the Letters of Mr. de la Villehelis and de la Dame de st. Maurice which your Excellency did me the honour of…
Passy Dec. 20. 1779. Sir I received duly your favour of Nov. 11. inclosing Capt. Samson’s Receipt for the Packets & Bills of Lading. This with your subsequent of Nov.…
at the Hague 17th. Dec. 1779 Honoured & dear Sir, After having received & taken for myself copies of the inclosed Letters, 8 which were sent me under a cachet…
Putney 17th. Decr. 14th Novr 1779 4 Dr. Sir I am afraid the Commn for the purchase of the Books &ca. 5 will take me so much time as to…
paris hotel dangleterre rue de seine ce 17e dbre 1779 Mr. Dubourg quatre mois avant l’arrivée de Mr. Dean en france a fait sortir son neveu du College des Grassins,…
Preceding From Franklin to Beccaria [19 November 1779] Next From Beccaria to Franklin [17 November 1780] All All correspondence between Franklin and Beccaria
Granville Prisson Decr. 15th— 1779 Honble: Sir I most humbly Make bold to Accquaint your honour that I was taken by the English regular troops at the retreat of Ticonderogae…
Versailles le 15. Xbre. 1779. J’ai l’honneur de vous envoyer, Monsieur, avec la lettre de M. de la Villehelio Administrateur à Nantes, 3 celle de la De. de St. Maurice,…
Amst. 15e. Dec. 1779 Monsieur Je suis ici depuis deux jours, incommodé de rhumatismes. Assez bien cependant, pour pouvoir partir aujourdhui pour Lahaie, d’où je suis absent depuis le 5…
[ c. December 15, 1779] 1 M. Lée a mandé en amerique que M. le Cte. de vergennes luy avait ecrit unne Lettre dans Laquelle Ce Ministre desavouoit Ce que…
[before December 15, 1779] Vous êtes priés d’assister aux Convoi, Service & Enterrement de Me. Jacques BARBEU DUBOURG, 9 Docteur-Régent de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, Membre des Sociétés…
Paris ce 8 Xbre. 1779 Ayant entendu dire, Monsieur, que vous preniez un hotel à Paris et par conséquent un Suisse; 9 Le nommé Abbeg m’a demandé une Lettre pour…