Letters from 1779

American Commissioners to Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, February 9, 1779

American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, February 9, 1779

Passy Feb. 9. 1779. Sir We have recd yours of 16 January.— 1 in Answer to that Part of your Letter, which relates to your concerns with the Honourable the…

American Commissioners to Fizeaux & Cie Horneca, February 9, 1779

Passy, Feb. 9. 1779 Gentlemen, Being informed that some Goods which you had purchased for Mr Simeon Deane, and sent to Nantes for a Conveyance, were there by Mistake suppos’d…

American Commissioners to Gentlemen at Nantes, February 9, 1779

Passy Feb. 9. 1778. [ i.e. , 1779] Gentlemen We have the Honour to inclose, you, a Letter just received from his Excellency the Comte De Vergennes, 5 containing as…

James Lovell to Benjamin Franklin, February 8, 1779

Philada. Feb 8th. 1779 Honble Sir, The Marquis de la Fayette having sailed from Boston the day before the Arrival there of Letters sent from hence for you and him…

Arthur Lee to Benjamin Franklin, February 8, 1779

Feby. 8th. 1779 Gentlemen/ Having not seen the Letter of Mr. Williams to which one of those sent me is an Answr. I cannot form any judgment of it. 1…

Guy Claude, Comte de Sarsfield to Benjamin Franklin, February 4, 1779

Rue pot de fer 4 fer 1779 7 Je crains, Monsieur, que vous n’ayez pas recu mon dernier Billet 8 par lequel Je vous priois de me renvoyer les vers…

William Gordon to Benjamin Franklin, February 4, 1779

Jamaica Plain Feby 4. 1779 My dear Sir I must pray you, amidst the multiplicity of important business that is continually crowding in upon you, to pay an attention to…

John Lloyd to American Commissioners, February 4, 1779

David Sears to Benjamin Franklin, February 3, 1779

Amsterdam Feby 3d. 1779 Sir Knowing the importance of your time I should not have troubled you on any occasion but what was absolutely necessary— On my arrival at a…