Philadelphia September 21st [-October 1] 1776 Sir Your several letters of the 4th. 15th. and 26th August to this Committee have been duely received with the several enclosures and the…
Sept. 19. 1776. Dear and honored Sir I am happy to convey to you two Letters which I think must give you pleasure because they come from your old Friends.…
Philada Sept. 19. 1776 Dear Billy I received yours of the 16th, in which you propose going to your Father, if I have no Objection. I have consider’d the matter,…
Rotterdam the 18th. of Septr. 1776 Sir I take the liberty to recommend the bearer of this letter Mr. Chas. Fred. Bedaulx a Swiss gentleman who was Lieutenant of Grenadiers…
Boston Septr: 17 1776 Dear and Ever Honoured Uncle Would my Vanity permitt me to think, my long Silence Requier’d an Apology, I might justly Plead ill Health, and want…
Brunswick, Sept. 10. 1776 Dear Grandson, It is possible that a Line from Lord Howe may be left for me at your good Mother’s, as I have appointed to be…
Kensington Sepr. 8. 1776 My dear Sir As I was yesterday informed that my letter of thursday was not then gone 6 I sit down now to make a little…
Philada. Sept. 8. 1776 Sir The Congress having appointed Mr. Adams, Mr. Rutledge and my self, to meet Lord Howe, and hear what Propositions he may have to make, we…
Philada. Sept. 8. 1776 My Lord I received your Favour of the 16th past. I did not immediately answer it, because I found that my Corresponding with your Lordship was…
Philada Aug 20. 76 My Lord The Temper of the Colonies as professed in their several Petitions to the Crown was sincere. The Terms they proposed should then have been…