Benjamin Franklin to Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, March 6, 1781
Passy March 6. 1781. Sir By perusing the enclosed Instructions 7 to Col. Lawrence & myself, 8 your Excellency will see the Necessity I am under of being importunate for…
Passy March 6. 1781. Sir By perusing the enclosed Instructions 7 to Col. Lawrence & myself, 8 your Excellency will see the Necessity I am under of being importunate for…
Warwick march 3d 1781 Dear Brother You will forgive the Incorectnes of my Leter when I tell you I most comonly write on very short Notice of an opertunity as…
Paris Le 3 mars 1781 Monsieur J’ai Reçu L’honneur de La vôtre 2 par laquelle vous me demandés Les p. L’s. et L’j Long. Je Croyois qu’il vous manquoit seulement…
Bordeaux 3 March 1781 Sir As we are making up our Accounts to tranfer to New Ballance Inclosed I take the liberty to transmit you the State of my Account…
A Versailles Le 2 Mars 1781 Sage et docte Excellence Il vous Serait impossible d’empêcher nos Rimeurs de vous celebrer du mieux qu’ils peuvent; nos dessinateurs de Saisir, tant bien…
Belcamp near Dublin 2d March 1781 Dear Sir I could not neglect one post in returning your Excellency my most Gratefull thanks for this recent, Noble and Devinely generous Addition…
Philadelphia, March 2. 1781 Sir, You will receive herewith enclosed, the Copy of a Resolve of Congress of the 27th Ulto, expressing the high Sense that they entertain of the…
Passy, Feb. 23. 1781 Sir, Mr Digges has not sent me any Account of his Disbursements, on which his Drafts ought to be founded, tho’ I long since desired it…
Passy 22d. Feby. 1781. Dear Jonathan, My Grandfather recd. your letter of the 14 Inst. inclosing one for the Minister. He had already solicited a Convoy & recd. for Answer…
Nantes Feb. 22. 1781 Dear & hond sir I have just heard that the Captain of the Marquis de la Fayette 8 is gone to Passy. I cannot guess his…