John Torris to Benjamin Franklin, May 13, 1780
Dunkerque 13th. May 1780. Honnd. Sir On my return Home I Paid Mr. Coffyn the 144 l.t. your Excellency has been so good to give the Bold De Letang. I…
Dunkerque 13th. May 1780. Honnd. Sir On my return Home I Paid Mr. Coffyn the 144 l.t. your Excellency has been so good to give the Bold De Letang. I…
Naples the 13th. May 1780 Honourable Sir I did myself the pleasure to write you a few lines from hence on the 20th. Ultimo under cover to a friend of…
Bordeaux le 13 de Mais 1780 Monsieur Arivés dépuis quélques Jours à Bordeaux je n’ais plûs Dissimule le Désir que J’ai d’etre Comptés parmis Les Hommes Libres De L’amerique, &…
Nantes May 6. 1780. Dear & honoured Sir. I wrote you the 18 April informing you of the Cloathing I had at different Times sent to Brest by M. de…
Cherbourg le 6 May 1780. Monsieur, Jespere que votre excellence aura bien reçu par le dernier ordinaire, la procedure de MM. les officiers de lAmirauté de Cherbourg concernant la Prise…
May 6th 1780 Sir By the enclosed affidavits and protests 6 you will perceive that James Robinson Esquire late commander of the continental Sloop Fly being dispossed of that sloop…
ce 6e. mai 1780 Mon cher grand papa Je Souhaiterois beaucoup d’avoir de vos nouvelles, mais je pense que les affaires vous empechent de m’écrire, car sans cela je serois…
A Versailles le 5 May 1780. J’ai reçu, Monsieur, la Lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 13. du mois dernier. 4 D’après la Demande qui m’en a…
[May 5–September 5, 1780] pr. acquit Marignac
May 4th 1780 Hond Sir I cannot write with official authority nor have I time to enlarge now upon our public affairs owing to the particular Circumstances of the Mass:…