9021To Benjamin Franklin from [Jonathan Williams, Jr.], 23 November 1775 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Public Record Office Since writing the Inclosed, I have had some Conversation with a Gentleman relative to the proposed Bill, which he assures me is to look Back to all the Seizures made by the Kings Ships in America, and make them as well as all future ones legal Prises. The Bills proposed to be repealed are only the two fis[hing?] ones, and they intend to have as large a F[leet?] in...
9022To Benjamin Franklin from John Hughes, 8–17 September 1765 (Franklin Papers)
Extracts: Public Record Office; also printed in The Pennsylvania Journal , September 4, 1766, Supplement. Prospective stamp distributors came under attack in several colonies during August 1765, and by the beginning of September several had already resigned; see above, pp. 256–7. The turn of John Hughes, distributor for Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, came a little later than some...
9023To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 2 June 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Massachusetts Historical Society I inclose a few copies of my Proposals , with the catalogues much inlarged. I therefore beg you would destroy the former, and dispose of these as you shall think most conducive to the design. I shall send a greater number soon to Mr. Johnson, from whom you may have whatever you want. In the mean time, I am obliged to take the liberty to inclose a small...
9024To Benjamin Franklin from La Rochefoucauld, 26 November 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai reçu, Monsieur, votre billet du 17. et j’ai appris avec plaisir le retour de l’Amphitrite, les bonnes nouvelles qu’elle a apportées de vos prises sur les Anglois, et la certitude que la bataille annoncée du 11. 7bre. n’est pas vraie, puisque’elle auroit été sue à Charlestown le 21. J’ai vu une lettre de Bordeaux trop belle pour être crue, et j’ai...
9025To Benjamin Franklin from Mary Stevenson, 26 September 1768: phonetic spelling and transcription (Franklin Papers)
Transcribed from ALS (draft with all but the final sentence in phonetic spelling): American Philosophical Society Yi i have transkr yi ib’d iur Alfabet &c. huit sh yi i th ink m yi it bi a v s yi rvis tu dh
9026To Benjamin Franklin from Emmanuel de Pliarne, 22 August 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ay quitté Philadelphie pour passer quelque temps à La Campagne où La chaleur Est un peu plus supportable. Je ne comptais y Rester qu’une ou Deux semaines; Mais étant Voisin De L’endroit où se Doivent passer Les Grands Evenements de votre Continent, J’ay Crû Devoir payer une Visite à tous Les ouvrages qu’on a elevé pour La Défense De La liberté. J’ay été à...
9027From George Washington to Benjamin Franklin, 9 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
I was very much obliged by the letter which you did me the honor to write me by our amiable young friend the Marquis De La Fayette, whose exertions to serve this Country in his own are additional proofs of his zealous attachment to our cause, and has endeared him to us still more. He came out flushed with expectations of a decisive campaign and fired with hopes of acquiring fresh laurels, but...
9028To Benjamin Franklin from the Comtesse de Ponteney, 3 October 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Jait Eü lhonneur il Lia quatre ans de diner avec vous la veille de mon depart pour Litaillie rue du Bacq chez Mr. de la faye. Je suis de retourd depuis plusiers semaines. Le 12 du Mois passé jeü lhoneur de remettre a la Reine une lettre que la Reine de Naple luy a Ecrit an ma faveurs. Je suis obligee dailler demain Vendredy a la muette et Comme jignore le...
9029To Benjamin Franklin from E. Thornton, 1 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Received a Letter yesterday from Mr. Thornton with the inclosed. Be so Obligen [as to] lett me know if it Comes Savef to Hand. I am Sir your Obegant Humble Servant Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur fankelin / a passy Notation: Thornton Mrs Doubtless the sister or wife of John Thornton; he was sending by her some document, now missing, that presumably...
9030To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Moffatt, 12 May 1764 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Three days ago on my return from an excursion of pleasure I was favourd with Yours of Aprill 7th. Some years are past since I kept a register of the Barometer, Thermometer &c. and from it I find that on Decr. 31st 1751 Fahreenheits thermometer fell two lines below Cypher and next day or Janr. 1st in the morning the mercury was at the same station but before...