Letters from 1781

Silas Deane to Benjamin Franklin, April 15, 1781

Paris 15th Apl. 1781 sir I take the Liberty of inclosing a Letter from Mr Lee, with which I should not Trouble You, were my present Circumstances different, from what…

William Carmichael to Benjamin Franklin, April 14, 1781

Madrid 14. April 1781. Dear Sir, Some time ago I made you a volontary promise to contribute to your pleasure by introducing to your Acquaintance Mr. Giuste late chargé d’Affairs…

Benjamin Franklin to A. M. de Woedtcke, April 13, 1781

Passy, April 13. 1781 Sir I received your Letter 1 requesting Information relating to the Death of Frederic William de Woedtcke your Brother. He came to Philadelphia in March 1776,…

Wilhelmina von Mosheim, comtesse de Golowkin to Benjamin Franklin, April 12, 1781

[after April 12, 1781] 9 Je vous souhaite un tendre bonjour mon cher Papa, et vous prie de me prêter pour quelques instants le recueil des Romances de J.J. Rousseau.…

William Hodgson to Benjamin Franklin, April 12, 1781

London 12 April 1781 Dear sir I duly rec’d your favor of the 1st instant & am equally shock’d with you at the consummate Artifice & Villainy of Digges. A…

Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand to Benjamin Franklin, April 12, 1781

Paris le 12. Avril 1781. Monsieur, La Lettre que vous m’avèz fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 11. avril m’autorise a ouvrier un Credit à M. Jay sur le Marquis d’Yranda…

Jan Ingenhousz to Benjamin Franklin, April 7, 1781

Vienna April. 7th. 1781 Dear Sir I did send you in Decembre last the issue of the experiment by which the conducting power of common heat may be determined in…

Christian Emanuel Frolich to Benjamin Franklin, April 7, 1781

Winslow Warren to Benjamin Franklin, April 6, 1781

Amsterdam 6th: April 1781 sir I was yesterday informed by my Friend at Ostende, 1 a Trunk & a Box, belonging to me, Were by Mistake sent to you at…

Francis M Dana to Benjamin Franklin, April 6, 1781

Paris April 6th. 1781. Hotel Valois, Rue Richelieu Sir Having agreably to my Instructions, 4 as well as my own inclinations, laid before your Excellency all the papers which I…