Letters from 1778

Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson to Benjamin Franklin, April 25, 1778

London April 25. 1778 Dear Sir I could not fail to take the opportunity of writing a line by Mr. Williams, 9 tho I can give you but a very…

Samuel Tucker to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778

James Jay to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778

Saturday Evening [April 25?, 6 1778] Gentlemen When a man is seriously attached to a public Cause, and has uniformly given the most decisive proofs of that attachment, he cannot…

John Bondfield to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778

Emmanuel-Yves Bersolle to Benjamin Franklin, April 22, 1778

Brest 22. Avril 1778. Monsieur Informé par Monsieur Le Ray de Chaumont de votre adresse j’ai L’honneur de vous faire part de L’Entrée dans notre Rade du navire Le Lord…

Samuel Tucker to American Commissioners, April 22, 1778

American Commissioners to John Ross, April 22, 1778

American Commissioners to James Moylan, April 22, 1778

April 22d. 1778 Sir: We desire you will not pay Mr. Bersolle’s Bill. His demand for payment before he had sent the Accounts to us and we had examind them,…

American Commissioners to Emmanuel-Yves Bersolle, April 22, 1778

Passi April 22d. 1778 Sir: Your Bill upon our Banker was not paid, because it was drawn without our leave; and before you had sent us the Accounts to shew…

John Luther to Benjamin Franklin, April 21, 1778

St. Martins Isle of Ré 21st Aprill 1778 Honourable Sir Captain de La Plainne belonging to the Continental troops of Georgia came to me to see and procure a passage…