1To John Adams from Ferdinand Grand, 17 February 1779 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Grand has the honour of paying his respects to the Honorable Mr. Adams and begs leave to observe to him that the général Account he requires Since his arrival untill Mr. Franklin’s new Commission would not agree with all those he has furnishd in that Interval and which being a Series of Accounts united together would be in Contradiction with that required. It is not possible to dissect in...
2To John Adams from Ferdinand Grand, 3 May 1779 (Adams Papers)
Permitt me to express how sorry I have been at not being able to comply sooner with your desires, relative to the Account of the United States, till the 11th of February, at which time the Intention of Congress was Known; Some of the Articles that were Kept in suspençe were the Obstacles that prevented it. I am however happy to find that the present Letter with the inclosed Account to that...
3To John Adams from Ferdinand and Henry Grand, 23 November 1781 (Adams Papers)
Permitt me to congratulate you on your present enjoyment of the freedom of Amsterdam, as also on the habit your good Countrymen Seem to get into of never taking less than an Army at one stroke. I referr for all that relates your victories in America to my last of Novr. 21st. I now come to the examination of your Account which for your own facility I herewith return you. The Total of my credit,...
4Ferdinand Grand to the American Peace Commissioners, 2 June 1783 (Adams Papers)
Quoique la lettre que vous m’aues fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 22 e du mois passé, ne me flattat pas de recevoir les Secours dont les Finances du Congrès avoient besoin; Néantmoins, l’Espérance du Succès des Soins que j’étois bien assuré que vous donneriés, Messieurs, à un objet aussi intéressant, m’a fait parvenir à Satisfaire à tous les payemens qui Se Sont présentés, jusqu’à ce moment; qui...
5Enclosure: Ferdinand Grand to William Short, [25 February 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Jaime a croire Monsieur que vous ne vous etes pas rappelle les conditions du traité passé dans le temps entre le roi & Monsieur Francklin il porte que le remboursement des Sommes pretées aux etats unis Seront faites a mon domicile pour etre ensuite versées au tresor royal, j’ai appris avec peine que cette condition na pas été observée dans le payement qui S’est effectué dernierement,...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Ferdinand Grand, [after 10 December?] 1784 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society M houdon Sculpteur a demandé á M Grand de le presenter á Monsieur Franklin relativement a la Statue de M Wasington. M Grand á cru devoir au prealable Scavoir Si Monsieur Franklin le juge á propos, en ce Cas M Grand le prie de vouloir bien lui donner Son Jour & heure— Based on the assumption that Houdon would have visited BF after having discussed the GW...
7To John Jay from Ferdinand Grand, 21 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
Had the Letters you honoured me with in August last required immediate reply, I should have been as punctual in answering them as I am now for that I just received. I am very unhappy to learn you can not benefit on the spot of the facility tendered you by the Court of Spain, So much more so that the nature of circumstances here does not admit of the least hope of Success. two many attempts,...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 23 September 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 23 Sep. 1785 . Thanks TJ for communicating the contents of Adams’ letter on the payment of interest on the Dutch loan. Grand forwarded to Messrs. Willink & van Staphorst a letter from the Commissioners of the Treasury and asked them to notify him if it contained “an order to remit me against the Payment to be made in 9bre. to the Treasury … as I had been several times apply’d to, on...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 10 October [1785] (Jefferson Papers)
10 Oct. [ 1785 ]. Encloses a letter received this date from Amsterdam, “d’après laquelle il ne paroit pas qu’il y ait des ordres des Commissaires.” RC ( DLC ); 2 p.; in French; addressed to TJ in Paris at the “Cul de Sac Thaitbout”; endorsed. Enclosure ( DLC ): Copy of Willem & Jan Willink and Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst to Grand, 6 Oct. 1785, informing him that they have not yet received...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 24 November 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
In Consequence of the letter which you did me the honour of writing me this morning I thought that I could not but decline paying Mr. Carmichael’s Bill, as I am not impowered to discharge his Drafts for account of the States, but was on the contrary enjoined Several times by Mr. Morris not to pay any Sum except upon his own Bills, which Directions the present Commissioners of the Treasury have...