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Jonathan Jr Williams to Benjamin Franklin, August 17, 1781
Nantes Augt. 17. 1781. Dear & honoured Sir I inclose you a Proposition which appears to me more advantageous than any thing that has yet been done in that Way.…
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Letters from 1781
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Benjamin Franklin to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, August 12, 1781
Passy, Augt. [12] 1781. 3 Dear Sir, Inclos’d I send you a late Paper rec’d from Rhodeisland. You will see in it the advantages our Troops have gain’d in South…
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Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, August 12, 1781
Passy, Augt 12. 1781 Sir I have received several Letters lately which you did me the honour of writing to me, containing Receipts of escaped American Prisoners for the Sums…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, August 12, 1781
Passy Augt. 12. 1780 [ i.e. , 1781] 6 Sir, Since my last of the 6th. Inst. there have been several Arrivals in France from America. I have Letters from…
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Elisabeth-Françoise-Sophie de La Live de Bellegarde, comtesse d’ Houdetot to Benjamin Franklin, August 10, 1781
Le 10. Aoust 1781. On M’avait donné ce printems mon Cher docteur l’Esperance de Vous Voir un jour a Sanois, dans le lieu ou je Conserve du moins le souvenir…
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John Bondfield to Benjamin Franklin, August 10, 1781
Bordeaux 10 Aug 1781 Sir I receivd in due course the honor of yours of the 30th inclosing two Bills [ for ] your acceptance for seven Thousand five hundred…
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William Robeson to Benjamin Franklin, August 9, 1781
Ostend Augt 9h 1781 Sir Having at lenght arrived here after a Most distressd and Naked Condition Since our Capture in the Marquis DLa Fayette. 7 Imediately on my landing…
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Jeanne-Thérèse Tellès d’Acosta, comtesse de Rochambeau to Benjamin Franklin, August 8, 1781
au palais roïal le 8. aoust. [1781] 6 Mde. La Ctesse. de Rochambeau prie Monsieur le docteur francklin d’avoir La Bonté de luy mander ce qu’il peut dire dune nouvelle…
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John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin, August 8, 1781
Philadelphia August 8th. 1781. Sir, Though I have nothing to communicate to your Excellency of a Public nature, yet I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of repeating to you the…
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Wilhelmina von Mosheim, comtesse de Golowkin to Benjamin Franklin, August 8, 1781
[ c. August 8, 1781] 9 Je vous souhaite le bon jour, mon cher Papa, et vous embrasse tendrement, me voilà dans de nouvelles inquiètudes, on parle d’un combat entre…