381The American Commissioners and Chaumont: Draft of a Contract for Packets, [March 1777] (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society Les amis du Congrès proposent a ses deputés en france...
382Contract between Chaumont and the American Commissioners, 1 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ADS : New York Public Library; DS and AD (draft): American Philosophical Society Conventions de...
383The American Commissioners to Lord Stormont, 2 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : the Johns Hopkins University Library; AL (draft): Library of Congress; copy: Public Record...
384“Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted with,” 2 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : (draft): Library of Congress; copy: Morristown National Historical Park The Bearer of this...
385From Benjamin Franklin to [Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de l’Aulne], 2 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress M. Cenis being at Bourdeaux, will easily find Ships there bound...
386From Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 2 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS and AL (draft): Library of Congress As I see that the Congress has resolved upon raising 3000...
387The American Commissioners to Lord Stormont, 3 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , November 4–6, 1777. In answer to a letter which concerns some...
388From Benjamin Franklin to ——— Lith, 6 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I have just been honoured with a Letter from you, dated the 26th...
389From Benjamin Franklin to the Conde d’Aranda, 7 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Archivo Historico Nacional; ALS (draft): Library of Congress I left in your Excellency’s...
390From Benjamin Franklin to Charles [?] Rybot, 9 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I believe it is very unusual for one Man to pay another’s Debts...
391From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Bache, 14 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Bearer Mr. Guez, being well recommended to me as a...
392The American Commissioners to the Comte de MercyArgenteau, 19 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Haus-, Hoff-, und Staatsarchiv, Vienna; draft: Library of Congress By direction of the...
393The American Commissioners to Baron Schulenburg, 19 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: National Archives; two copies: Harvard University Library We received the letter which you...
394The American Commissioners to Henry Johnson, 21 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Public Record Office You are directed to call on Capt. Wicks on your return, and inform him...
395From Benjamin Franklin to Jabez Maud Fisher, 21 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Dr. Franklin presents his Respects to Mr. Fisher, with...
396From Benjamin Franklin to [Pierre-Joseph Perreau], 22 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress Mr. Mercley whom your Reverence mentions as having made Promises...
397From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld and the Duchesse d’Enville, 25 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin rejoices to hear that Monsr. le Duc de...
398The American Commissioners to [the Conde de Sousa Coutinho], 26 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS and draft: Library of Congress The Congress of the United States of America have seen a paper...
399From Benjamin Franklin to Jan Ingenhousz, 26 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Henry Huntington Library I find by your Favour of the 2d Inst. that my Letter to you had...
400The American Commissioners to [the Committee of Secret Correspondence], 28 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Harvard University Library We wrote to you pretty fully on the State of Affairs here, in...
401Acknowledgments of Poetic Offerings to Franklin: Five Models, [Spring?], 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Drafts: American Philosophical Society These drafts are impossible to date, except perhaps in a...
402The American Commissioners to Jonathan Williams, Jr., 1 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy and transcript: National Archives; copy: Harvard University Library The commissioners had...
403From Benjamin Franklin to [John Bradford], 1[-27] May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Yale University Library I received your Favour of Feb. 25. by Capt. Adams. I congratulate...
404From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Cooper, 1 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society It was with great Pleasure I received lately the...
405From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Cushing, Sr., 1 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress; LS : Massachusetts Historical Society I thank you for your kind...
406From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 1 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I received your kind Letter of Feb. 28. which gave me great...
407From Benjamin Franklin to ――― Adoubeden with a Covering Note to ―――, 2 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (two drafts): Library of Congress It would be a pleasure to me if I could comply with your...
408The American Commissioners to John Adams, [on or before 5 May 1777] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress With this, you will receive Dispatches; with which you are to sail with...
409The American Commissioners to the Comte de Vergennes, 7 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; AL (draft) and copy: Harvard University...
410The Secret Committee to the American Commissioners, 9 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Johns Hopkins University Library; copies: American Philosophical Society, National Archives,...
411The American Commissioners: Three Covering Notes for Captured Mail, 10–11 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
(I) AL (draft): University of Virginia Library; (II) two copies: University of Virginia Library;...
412From Benjamin Franklin to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, 12 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Jared Sparks, ed., The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution ......
413News from America, 12 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft): Historical Society of Pennsylvania This Day arrived an Express from Boston in New...
414From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Bache, 22 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library I have just received yours of March 10. and it is the first come to...
415The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign Affairs, 25 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS and copy: National Archives; two copies: British Library Agreeable to what we mentioned in...
416The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign Affairs, 26 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS and copy: National Archives The Navy of the United States increasing in the Number of its...
417From Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, 27 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Communication between Britain and North America being...
418From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Cushing, Sr., 27 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Massachusetts Historical Society The above went by Capt. Adams. Since which I received your...
419From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, Sr., 27 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Jewish Historical Society, New York City I was glad to understand by yours of...
420From Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 29 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Library of Congress Count Pulawski of Poland, an Officer famous throughout Europe for his...
421The American Commissioners: Request for Payment from the Farmers General, [before 30 May 1777] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: University of Pennsylvania Library Nous soussignés tant en notre nom que comme fondés des...
422The American Commissioners: Contract with ––– Mercier for the Repair of Arms, 30 May 1777: résumé (Franklin Papers)
DS : American Philosophical Society <Charleville, May 30, 1777, in French: Mercier will engage at...
423The American Commissioners to John Jay, 2 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Two copies: National Archives We refer the Committee to ours to You of the 26 ulto. of which we...
424Concerning Mr. Merckle, [after 2 June? 1777] (Franklin Papers)
AD : University of Pennsylvania Library J. P. Merckle had arrived in Bordeaux on the Dispatch and...
425The American Commissioners: Contract with Jean-Joseph Carié de Montieu, [6 June 1777] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: British Library In February, 1777, Congress sent a large order for military supplies,...
426From Benjamin Franklin to Lauron, 6 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress The Persons acting in France for the United States of America,...
427From Benjamin Franklin to the Marquise de Senneville, [6 June 1777] (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress It would be a Pleasure to me if I could in this Instance show the...
428From Benjamin Franklin to [the Duc de La Rochefoucauld], [after 7 June 1777] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library Excuse if you can my detaining these Papers so long. My Time every...
429From Benjamin Franklin to [George Washington], 11 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I do every thing in my Power to discourage foreign Officers from...
430From Benjamin Franklin to [V Dulongprey, Coney & fils], 12 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I receiv’d your Favour of the 6th Inst. per Capt. Burnell, and...