1Franklin and Jacques Finck: Agreement, [before 1 January 1783] (Franklin Papers)
D : American Philosophical Society Le Mtre. d’Hotel entreroit le 1r. Janvr. 83. et agiroit en cette Qualité de concert avec le Cuisinier actuel pendant 2 ou 3 Mois pour se mettre au fait de la maniere de vivre de M. Franklin, ainsi que de la Depense que cette vie exige. Il aura des Gages à raison de 600 lt. par an. On lui donnera en outre une Gratification, Si on a lieu d’être content de lui,...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Finck: Proposed Agreement, 1 February 1784 (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society When Jacques Finck was hired as maître d’hôtel in January, 1783, he and Franklin made the following agreement: after three months, during which Finck would get a sense of what the family expected and what the expenditures were likely to be, he would no longer receive an annual salary and be reimbursed for itemized monthly statements. Instead, Finck would...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Jacques Finck, [1787?] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 1787? ] “ Jacques Finck, ci-devant Maitre d’hôtel de Monsieur Franklin, alors Ambassadeur en France, implore, avec respect et confiance,” TJ’s “puissante intercession” for the recovery of the sum of 3,035₶ claimed to be due to him by Franklin, “si justement révéré chez toutes les Nations,” whom he had served for three years; Finck set forth the details of his dispute over the...