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Commissioners to Canada to John Hancock, May 6, 1776
Montreal, May 6th 1776. Sir In our letter of the 1st. instant, we informed you of the lowness of the Continental credit in this Province and the necessity of a…
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Letters from 1776
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Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, May 4, 1776
Montreal May 4th 1776 Sir Having orders from Congress to enquire into the case of John Fraser Esqr. now prisoner at Osopus, we have thought proper to direct the Commanding…
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Ebenezer Hazard to Benjamin Franklin, May 3, 1776
New York May 3d. 1776 Sir, We have no News here, except that the last Phila. Post brought Advice that the Roebuck of 44 Guns was on Shore on the…
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Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, May 1, 1776
Montreal, May 1. 1776 Dear Sir, We arrived here on Monday last, and have proceeded to Business, as you will see by the enclosed Letter to Congress, 6 which we…
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Commissioners to Canada to John Hancock, May 1, 1776
Montreal 1st. May 1776 Sir After some difficulty and delay in getting thro’ the ice of Lake George, we arrived here on monday last and were very politely received by…
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Benjamin Franklin to Daniel Roberdeau, March 6, 1776
Wednesday March 6. 76 Dear Sir The Congress desire a Return to be made to them of the Powder the Committee of Safety have lent them, that it may be…
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Pennsylvania Committee of Safety to Benjamin Franklin, March 4, 1776
In Committee of Safety Philada. 4th March 1776 Sir In order to carry into execution the Resolve of Congress for the manufacturing Fifty Tons of Salt Petre into Powder the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, March 2, 1776
Philadelphia, March 22, [ i.e. , 2 4 ], 1776. Dear Sir, I wrote to you lately by Mr. Story, and since by another conveyance. 5 This line will be…
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Committee of Secret Correspondence to Silas Deane, March 2, 1776
Philadelphia March 3rd. [ i.e. , 2,] 1776 On your arrival in France, you will for some time be engaged in the business of providing goods for the Indian trade.…
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Committee of Secret Correspondence to Silas Deane, March 2, 1776
[March 2, 1776] We the underwritten, being the Committee of Congress for secret Correspondence, do hereby certify whom it may concern, that the Bearer, the Honourable Silas Deane Esquire, one…