Lambert Wickes to American Commissioners, August 24, 1777
St. Malo 24th. Augt. 1777. Gentlemen I received your favour of the 19th. Instant which in some Measure has given me releaf in respect to Complying with orders from the…
American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, also known as the Treaty of Paris, is an unfinished 1783 painting by Benjamin West depicting the United States delegation that negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolutionary War. Peace negotiations began in Paris on June 25, 1783, and the eventual signing of the treaty took place on September 3, 1783 at the Hotel York at 56 rue Jacob. The green drapery in the painting's background and the distant landscape with a classical colonnaded building emphasize the scene's formality.
St. Malo 24th. Augt. 1777. Gentlemen I received your favour of the 19th. Instant which in some Measure has given me releaf in respect to Complying with orders from the…
St. Malo Sepr. 12th 1777. Gentlemen I received your favour of the 28th. Augt. Since which I have wrote you two letters and have received no Answer. As the Admiralty…
St. Malo Septr. 15th. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen This will informe You of our worthy friend Capt. Wickes leaving this Yesterday Eve with a fine Easterly Wind. The Dolphin Capt. Brown…
Morlaix Sepr: 16th, 1777 Honorable Gentlemen: Your agreeable favours of the 9th Inst. was handed me by Capt. Bell with the different packets and letters to morrow morning shall sail…
St. Malo Septr. 16th. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen I am just Setting off for Nantes. Have Setteled Accounts with Messrs. Desegray Beaugeard fils & Co. for the Disbursements of the ship…
Paris 2d October 1777. Gentlemen I propose to fit out two or three Vessells on my return to England and send to Lisbon, to Load with Salt which I purpose…
Paris 3d. Octr. 1777 Sirs The “instructions given to the Hon’ble Silas Deane Esqr. Agent of the thirteen united Colonies”, dated “Philadelphia 2d. of March 1776” and signed by Benjn.…
Nantes Octor 11. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen I send inclosed the agreement made with the proposed Captain of the Lion 4 which I request you to sign your approbation of and…
Nantes 14 Octor. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen I have the pleasure to announce the return of the mere Bobie Packet Boat who delivered your dispatches in Safety but by the inclosed…
State of Massachusetts Bay Council Chamber Oct: 24th: 1777 Gentlemen. The Brigantine Penet John Harris Commander by Who you will receive this Letter has been taken up and fited out…
Passy le 26. 8b 1777. M. hennet a l’honneur de saluer Messieurs Francklin et Deane et de les prier de vouloir bien lui faire savoir s’ils ont eu avis de…
Nantes Octo 28. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen The present serves to inform you that Mr. de Sartine has written to the Commissary here relative to the Lion in which he forbids…
York Town Pensylvania Novr. 8th. 1777 Gentlemen At the Time this will be delivered to you, Bills of Exchange will also be presented for your acceptance drawn by the Honble.…
Nantes Novemr 8. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen Having carried to your Credit all the drafts I drew on Mr. Dean payable at M. Grands, and the Letter of Credit I gave,…
Chaillot 10 Nov. 77 Gentlemen In consequence of the Instructions to me from the Honorable Congress of the United States of America I am to request that you will be…
La Haie 18e. Nov. 1777 Messieurs, J’ajouterai à l’incluse pour Mr. G——— Grd. (que je laisse ouverte, pour que vous la lisiez aussi), quelques anecdotes, qui pourront plus ou moins…
Rotterdam 18 novembr 1777. Gentlemen! Give us leave to make you, under cover of our most Intimate Friends Messrs. Fco. and Ads. Dubbeldemuts, the offer of our most devoted Services,…
Nantes Nov. 29. 1777. Honorable Gentlemen Agreeable to the orders of Mr. Dean and Mr. Lee I have the honour to transmit Capt. Adams’s Deposition properly authenticated. I have no…
Nantes Novr 30. 1777 midnight Honorable Gentlemen I am happy in sending you the agreeable News of Genl. Bourgoynes surrender with his whole army to our victorious arms. Mr. Austin…
York in Pensylvania Decr. 1st: 1777 Gentlemen As we wish the subject of this letter to be well attended to and understood, we shall confine ourselves intirely to the business…
A Paris Le 5 xbre 1777 M. Gerard desirant d’avoir l’Honneur de voir Messieurs Franklin, Deane et Lee Demain Matin; il prie Monsieur Deane de vouloir bien lui indiquer l’Heure…
Nantes Decr. 5th. 1777. Gentlemen I had the honor of writing to you yesterday by post under cover by Mr. Williams. I inclosed copies of two letters which I wrote…
[December 6, 1777 4 ] Je recois, Messieurs, une Lettre de Messieurs Bérard freres de Lorient qui me confirme que vous leur avez donné des ordres positifs et réitérés de…
Nantes 6 Decr. 1777 Honorable Gentlemen I have kept the Duplicates of the Dispatches to this Time in Expectation of a private Hand, that failing I am now obliged to…