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Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Franklin Bache, May 3, 1779
Passy, May 3. 1779 Dear Benny I received your Letter, 8 and it gave me great Pleasure to hear of your safe Arrival at Geneva, & of your being plac’d…
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Letters about Diplomacy
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Arthur Lee to Benjamin Franklin, May 2, 1779
Paris May 2d. 1779 Sir/ By letters this day from Nantes, I am informd that the Alliance Frigate is mann’d, & ready to sail. Adverse winds still detain the American…
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Georgiana Shipley Hare-Naylor to Benjamin Franklin, May 1, 1779
Bolton Street May 1st 1779 As another opportunity offers of conveying a letter to my dear Doctor Franklin, I cannot resist the strong inclination I feel of once more writing…
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Pierre Landais to Benjamin Franklin, May 1, 1779
Nantes May 1st 1779 Please Your Excellency I Received Your Favour of the 24 ult. and went directly down the River to the Ship to aquaint the Honnble John Adam…
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John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin, May 1, 1779
L’Orient May 1st. 1779. Honored and dear Sir. The letter which I had the honor to receive from your Excellency to day together with your liberal and noble minded instructions…
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Benjamin Franklin to Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, May 1, 1779
De Passy le 1er May 1779 Conformement à la demande de Votre Excellence je vous envoye cy joint les lettres et les instructions que j’ai adressées aux Captn Jones et…
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Chaumont to Benjamin Franklin, April 1, 1779
[ c. April, 1779] 4 Chaumont a L’honneur de prevenir Monsieur le Docteur franklin que le Courier de Bretagne part aujourdhuy a Deux heures et que si M. franklin a…
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Benjamin Vaughan to Benjamin Franklin, April 30, 1779
London, April 30h:, 1779. My dearest sir, I sent you a pacquet with a number of sheets of your printed papers; which I suppose you have received, though as yet…
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Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to Benjamin Franklin, April 30, 1779
Lahaie 30e. Avril 1779 Monsieur, J’eus l’honneur de vous écrire hier par Rotterdam. Je viens de chez notre Ami, à qui j’ai demandé s’il étoit vrai qu’il avoit dit à…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Paul Jones, April 27, 1779
Passy April 27. 1779. Dear Sir, I have at the Request of M. De Sartine postponed the Sending the Alliance to America, and have order’d her to proceed immediately from…