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46,149 lettersLondres, 30 Août 1769. Cette lettre vous sera remise par le Docteur Lettsom, jeune Médecin Amériquain de beaucoup de mérite, 6 qui est de la paisible secte des Trembleurs, et…
Craven street, Aug. 25. 1769 Dear Sir When I was at Paris about 10 Days since, I was told that a Comet was then visible with a Tail of considerable…
[New York, August 14, 1769. Repeats the substance of his letter of August 12, and encloses the second of Hubbart’s £200 bill.]
[New York, Aug. 12, 1769. Sent by the packet the seconds of two bills of exchange, Hubbart’s for £122 and Vernon’s for £15, and the first of a bill for…
[Phila]da. Augt. 12. 1769 Dear Sir Mr. James Adair, the Bearer of this Letter, intending to Publish Essays on the Origin, Language, Religion, Customs, Policy &c, of the American Indians,…
Aug: 3. —69 Dear Sir, I am now to acknowledg the repeated Favor of your Letters, with the Notes of Mr. P.’ Speech in Parliament, the arguments on the Dissenting…
Boston 29 July 1769 Dear Sir I cannot omit my complements to you by Sir Francis Bernard who embarks in the Rippon to report to His M[ajesty] the state of…
[New York, July 22, 1769. Repeats the substance of his letter of June 28. Encloses a bill of exchange for £50 from Luke & Prettyjohn, Barbados, drawn on Richard Gosling…
Westbury July th 17 1769 Most Honoured Sir I Humbly beg your Pardon for giving you this Trouble but it is to let you know that I have been Extremely…
Philada July 15th. 1769. Dear Sir, By the Ship Chalkley, Capt. Volans I sent to you Owen Biddle’s, and Joel Bailey’s, observations, of the Transit of Venus, at Cape Henlopen;…
[Thursday, xiii of 2 ] July, 1769 Esteemed F[riend:] Pursuant to thy favour received yesterday afternoon we herewith send thee Forty Guineas to thy Debit in account. Shall pay our…
Philada. June 7th 1769. My dear Sir, I receiv’d your Letter of the 9th of March with William Cowell’s inclosed, at which I was much surprised, as his last to…
London, June 7. 1769 Sir, I did myself the Honour of Writing to you on the 3d. of the last Month, 9 since when the Parliament has risen without repealing…
7 June, 1769. Sir, As, in consequence of a letter addressed to the Royal Society from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, 4 the Society did us the honour…
Skeleton-hall, 9 St. Thos. Street, Southwarke June 3d. 1769. Most respected Sir If after the Perusal of the inclosed Letters from my Father you will Venture to Assist Me, by…
London, June 3. 1769 My dear Child, Capt. Jefferies has so long talk’d of sailing, that People began to think he would never sail; 6 and now I am just…
Whitehall June 2d. 1769 Sir I am directed by the Earl of Hillsborough to desire the Favor that he may see you at His House together with the Agents of…
New-York, 31 May [–June 10] 1769 Honoured Sir The 22d and 24th Instant, I wrote you per Capt. Haight, inclosing you the 2d of a Bill for £100. Sterling and…
Newyork, May 30, 1769 Honoured Sir You were so good a while ago, to Mention that if I chose to resign the Custom House Business you would not be displeased.…
Westbury May the 24, 1769 Honoured Sir I hope you and Mrs. Stevenson are well and that She did not Dislike my Husbands Letter tho it was wrote as Short…