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46,149 lettersNantes 18 April 1778 Your Excellencies favour of the 13 Instant I have duely received. You may depend that I shall not make any new Engagements without your express Orders.…
Bordeaux 18 Apl 1778 Hon Sirs Yesterday Monsr. Le Comte de Fumel Governor of the Castle call’d at my Lodgings to inform me that Monsieur De Sartine in answer to…
Passy April 17th. 1778 Worthey Gentlemen Being unforunately, on a Voyge from Baltimore to Charles Town, in January last, disabled at sea, through stress of Weather, which occasion’d my faling…
York Town April 16th. 1778 Gentlemen This, with my affectionate wishes for your prosperity, may serve to acquaint you that Congress has this day resolved “That William Bingham Esqr. agent…
Casco Bay Falmouth 16 Apl 1778 Honorable Gentlemen I have the Pleasure to inform you of my arrival here yesterday in the Frigate Le Sensible and do this day set…
Versailles, 15 April 1778 I have the honor to return to you the English document and your friend’s letter which you communicated to me through M. de Sartine. 1 Your…
Versailles Le 15. avril 1778 J ai lhonneur de vous renvoyér Messieurs, LEcrit Anglois et La lettre de Votre ami que vous m’avés fait Communiquér par M. de Sartine. 1…
Passi near Paris Ap. 15. 1778 Sir We had this Moment the Pleasure of your Letter of the 10. Instant. You will please to furnish Captain Tucker, all such necessary…
Bordeaux, 14 April 1778. RC ( PPAmP : Franklin Papers). Bondfield, still unaware that JA was at Paris, gave general shipping information, noted Capt. Tucker’s exertions to prepare the Boston…
Bordeaux 3 April 1778 Sir You were kind enough to let me anticipate your stopping at the Marquis de Voyer d’Argenson’s house, at The Elms, two stages after Cha telereault.…
Bordeaux Le 3er. Avril 1778 Monsieur Vous avés bien voulu me faire esperér que vous arretires Ches M. Le Marquis De Voyer Dargenson, aux ormes a Deux postes aprés Chatelereault.…
Bourdeaux April 1. 1778 Sir I have the Honour to inform Congress, of my Safe Arrival in this City in the Frigate Boston after a most dangerous, and distressing Voyage…
Yorktown, 24 March 1778. FC (PCC, No. 79, I). This is Instruction No. 3, which probably reached the Commissioners in late April, having first arrived at Bilboa on a vessel…
Boston 9th. March 1778 Dear sir I hope in God this will find you safe arrived at your desired Port, and that you are happy in your appointment, at least…
Wms. burgh in Virga. March 5th. 1778 My dear Friend Capt. Le Maire the Bearer tells me he saw you in Paris. 1 In Hopes this may find you there,…
York, February 1778. RC (Adams Papers). Believing that JA could receive yet another letter in addition to those of 8 and 10 Feb. (above), Lovell wrote to wish him a…
Feb 10th. [ , Start insertion, 1778 , End, ] My dear Sir The week after Mr. C—— was appointed secretary, 1 I saw the P.S. of a letter to…
Boston. 10 February 1778. printed (virtually verbatim): JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4…
9 February 1778. printed : JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, Mass., 1961; 4 vols. description…
Lancaster, 8 February 1778. RC (Adams Papers); printed : Benjamin Rush, Letters description begins Letters of Benjamin Rush , ed. L. H. Butterfield, Princeton, 1951; 2 vols. description ends ,…