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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 28 May 1754 | 1754-05-28 | Copy: American Philosophical Society I had at length the pleasure of hearing from you per the... |
| 752 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 27 August … | 1755-08-27 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I received your Favours of May 28 and June 1. I believe I have... |
| 753 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to [Peter Collinson?], 12 April … | 1764-04-12 | ALS : Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit, Michigan (1960) We have just now receiv’d the following... |
| 754 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 27 July 1750 | 1750-07-27 | Copy: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Mr. Watson I believe wrote his Observations on my... |
| 755 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 1752 | ≈1752-01-01 | I. MS not found; printed in Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity... |
| 756 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 4 August … | 1762-08-04 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I did not receive my Dear Friend’s Letter of yesterday till I came... |
| 757 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 29 June 1751 | 1751-06-29 | Copy: The Royal Society In Capt. Waddels Account *Ph. Tr. No. 492. p. III . of the Effects of... |
| 758 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 26 June 1753 | 1753-06-26 | ALS : Huntington Library I received a Letter from you on the Road hither, with one of the... |
| 759 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 1 January … | 1757-01-01 | Original ALS not found; duplicate: Pierpont Morgan Library I wrote you yesterday a Line or two... |
| 760 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 28 July 1747 | 1747-07-28 | Copy: American Academy of Arts and Sciences The inclosed is a Copy of my last, which went by the... |
| 761 | Franklin, Benjamin | Colomb, Pierre | From Benjamin Franklin to Pierre Colomb, 27 August 1782 | 1782-08-27 | LS : American Philosophical Society J’ai reçu, Monsieur, les deux Lettres que vous m’avez fait... |
| 762 | American Commissioners | Commanders of American Armed Vessels | The American Commissioners to Commanders of American … | 1777-11-21 | Two copies: National Archives This circular letter was a companion piece to the commissioners’... |
| 763 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1778-02-28 | LS and transcript: National Archives; incomplete copy: Massachusetts Archives; copy: Harvard... |
| 764 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-10-07 | Attested copy: Harvard University Library; copies: British Library (incomplete), National... |
| 765 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-09-08 | Copies: British Library, Harvard University Library, National Archives (three) It is long since... |
| 766 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1778-02-16 | LS : South Carolina Historical Society; transcript and two copies: National Archives We have now... |
| 767 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1778-02-17 | Copy: Connecticut Historical Society We have given Capt. Courter whom we have entrusted with our... |
| 768 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committee for Foreign Affairs | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committee for Foreign … | 1779-05-26 | LS : National Archives; AL (draft): Library of Congress; copies: Library of Congress, South... |
| 769 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-05-26 | ALS and copy: National Archives The Navy of the United States increasing in the Number of its... |
| 770 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-11-30 | LS : National Archives; AL (draft ): Yale University Library; three copies: National Archives... |
| 771 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1778-07-29 | AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; three copies and one transcript: National Archives... |
| 772 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-12-18 | LS : National Archives; attested copy: National Archives; copy: Harvard University Library; copy... |
| 773 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committee for Foreign Affairs | Franklin and Silas Deane to the Committee for Foreign … | 1778-01-16 | ALS : South Carolina Historical Society This will be delivered to you by Mr. Carmichael to whom... |
| 774 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-05-25 | ALS and copy: National Archives; two copies: British Library Agreeable to what we mentioned in... |
| 775 | American Commissioners | Committee of Commerce | The American Commissioners to the Committee of … | 1778-07-29 | AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: National Archives <Passy, July 29,... |
| 776 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committee of Commerce | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Commerce, 21 … | 1779-10-21 | Copy: Library of Congress I received the honour of yours dated the 21st. of july containing an... |
| 777 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret … | 1777-02-08 | ALS and copy: National Archives Since Our last We have received the inclosed Intelligence from... |
| 778 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committee of Secret Correspondence | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret … | ≈1776-12-08 | ALS and copy: National Archives After a short but rough Passage of 30 Days we anchor’d in... |
| 779 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committee of Secret Correspondence | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret … | 1777-01-04 | ALS and copy: National Archives I arrived here about two Weeks since, where I found Mr. Deane.... |
| 780 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret … | 1777-02-06 | LS and copy: National Archives; copy: Harvard University Library Since our last, a Copy of which... |
| 781 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret … | ≈1777-01-17 | LS and two copies: National Archives; copy: South Carolina Historical Society We joined each... |
| 782 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret … | 1777-03-04 | ALS and copy: National Archives We send you herewith the Draught of a Frigate, by a very... |
| 783 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret … | ≈1777-03-12 | LS : National Archives; L : British Library; copy: National Archives It is now more than 4 Months... |
| 784 | American Commissioners | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The American Commissioners to [the Committee of Secret … | 1777-04-28 | Copy: Harvard University Library We wrote to you pretty fully on the State of Affairs here, in... |
| 785 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committees of Trenton, Brunswick, and New York | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committees of Trenton … | 1776-02-13 | ALS : Williams College Library The Bearer John Grace has the Care of a Ton of Gunpowder sent by... |
| 786 | Franklin, Benjamin | Condorcet | From Benjamin Franklin to Condorcet, 12 October 1777 | 1777-10-12 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I send you enclos’d the Letter you desire. But as I am apprehensive... |
| 787 | Franklin, Benjamin | Condorcet, Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat … | From Benjamin Franklin to the Marquis de Condorcet, 20 … | 1774-03-20 | ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society I am ashamed that my late continued Embarras in... |
| 788 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conkling, Joseph | From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Conkling, 21 August … | 1780-08-21 | Copy: Library of Congress Immediately upon the Receipt of yours acquainting me with your... |
| 789 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conti, Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de | From Benjamin Franklin to the Prince de Conti, 4 March … | 1779-03-04 | Copy: Library of Congress Je joins ici Le Passeport que votre Altesse serenissime ma demandé pour... |
| 790 | Franklin, Benjamin | Continental Congress | From Benjamin Franklin to the Continental Congress, 9 … | 1782-07-09 | LS : Yale University Library From the Knowledge I have of Mr Young, by his Conduct while in my... |
| 791 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conway, Françoise-Antoinette-Jeanne Langlois du … | From Benjamin Franklin to the Comtesse Conway, 25 March … | 1779-03-25 | Copy: Library of Congress I find, Ma chere fille, that you and I have been very unlucky in our... |
| 792 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conway, Thomas | From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Conway, 25 March 1779 | 1779-03-25 | Copy: Library of Congress I received the Letter you were so kind as to bring me from our Friend... |
| 793 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conyngham, Gustavus | From Benjamin Franklin to Gustavus Conyngham, 16 … | 1780-02-16 | Copy: Library of Congress I wrote a Letter to meet you at Dunkirk supposing you might have gone... |
| 794 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conyngham, Gustavus | From Benjamin Franklin to Gustavus Conyngham, 6 … | 1782-02-06 | Copy: Library of Congress I am to acknowledge the Receipt of two Letters from you, since you were... |
| 795 | American Commissioners | Conyngham, Gustavus | The American Commissioners to Gustavus Conyngham … | ≈1778-02-25 | AL (draft): Library of Congress The interest which the public has in the vessel you command makes... |
| 796 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conyngham, Gustavus | From Benjamin Franklin to Gustavus Conyngham, 20 June … | 1781-06-20 | Copy: Library of Congress I received with great Pleasure the News of your being safely arrived at... |
| 797 | American Commissioners | Conyngham, Gustavus | The American Commissioners to Gustavus Conyngham, 19 … | 1778-04-19 | Copies: Massachusetts Historical Society, National Archives; incomplete copy: National Archives;... |
| 798 | Franklin, Benjamin | Conyngham, Gustavus | From Benjamin Franklin to Gustavus Conyngham, 22 … | 1779-11-22 | Copy: Library of Congress It gave me great Pleasure to hear of your Escape, out of Prison, which... |
| 799 | First Joint Commission at Paris | Conyngham, Gustavus | The Commissioners to Gustavus Conyngham, 19 April 1778 | 1778-04-19 | We have received a Complaint from the remaining Part of your Officers and Crew, of an unfair... |
| 800 | Franklin, Benjamin | Cooke, Nicholas | From Benjamin Franklin to Nicholas Cooke, 27 August … | 1775-08-27 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I received yours of the 15th Instant, acquainting me with... |