5531To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Lacepède, 26 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai osé me flattér que le celebre monsieur francklin voudroit biên agrêer les memoires que j’ai l’honneur de lui envoyér sur un sujét de physique dans lequél les plus sublimes verités lui ont été devoilées: ils font partie, Monsieur, d’un ouvrage plus etendu auquêl je mets dans ce moment cy la derniere main, et que je ne manquerai pas de vous offrir aussi,...
5532To Benjamin Franklin from Lavabre, Doerner & Cie., 26 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society Messieurs Lavabre & Doerner ont l’honneur de presenter leurs obeïssances a Monsieur le Docteur francklin et luy envoyent cy inclus une Lettre pour luy qui leur est venuë par le Courier d’amsterdam. Ils prient en même tems mondit sieur francklin de vouloir bien Remettre au porteur les Lettres de Recomandation qu’il a eu la bonté de promettre au sieur Doerner...
5533The American Commissioners to William Temple Franklin, 27 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: University of Virginia Library As an acknowledgement for your services as Secretary to us, we desire you will accept one hundred Louis-dores which Mr. Grand will be so good as to pay you on receipt of this. We are, Sir, Your most Obedient Servants In Arthur Lee’s hand. 2,400 l.t. Designating WTF as the commissioners’ secretary, it should be noted, did not secure him the position; the...
5534Jonathan Williams, Jr., to the American Commissioners, 27 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Credit you have been pleased to establish for me at M. Grands being all employed, I have to request you to give me another Letter of Credit on him. I cannot fix the precise Sum that will be necessary but I imagine about 200,000 Livres will be sufficient for the completion of what Business I have at present in hand. Be that as it may the Funds shall be...
5535To Benjamin Franklin from George Arnold, 27 December 1777: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Mainz, December 27, 1777, in German: Germany in general and this region in particular wait impatiently for news of the brave Arnold’s exploits. He may be a native of this city. If he is the son of a butcher here, if he was once a Franciscan monk, if he went to America with Montgomery in 1773 and wrote me then, if he got a papal dispensation to leave his...
5536To Benjamin Franklin from Jean Banchars & Cie., 27 December 1777: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Prague, December 27, 1777, in French: We offer you the services of our glassworks. They turn out glass for windows, the table, wine bottles, mirrors and frames, floors, chandeliers, and for ornamenting carved wood and ironwork. We export through Hamburg to the Mediterranean and the north as well as to Spain, and should be glad of your orders together with...
5537To Benjamin Franklin from the Duchesse de Deux-Ponts, [27 December 1777] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Accablée d’affaire Monsieur, et obligée d’aller a Versaille, il ne m’a pas ete possible de trouver un instent de libre pour avoir l’honeur et le plaisir de vous aller voir cette semaine. Je me dédomagerez de cette privation. Mais en attendent je vient vous rapellér la promesse que vous m’avéz fait de m’accorder un jour dans la semaine prochaine pour venir...
5538To Benjamin Franklin from William Millener, 27 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I think it proper to a quant you of my Bad Misfortune. I sailed from Virginea in a sloop Called the adventure to Martineco and on my passage holm was taken by a frigate Called the Boreas Commanded By Charles Thompson. He did not give me time to get aney of My Clothes out of the sloop and was brought to England in plymouth and Was put on board of a guarde...
5539To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Morris, 27 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
LS and duplicate: American Philosophical Society As Mr. Deane has been recalled by Congress, it is uncertain wether he may be in Paris when this arrives, therefore I inclose it to you, in order that you may read the Contents of a letter I wrote to Congress Yesterday and of another to him of this Date, after which you will please to forward or deliver them to him. By these you will discover...
5540To Benjamin Franklin from Ebenezer Smith Platt, 27 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I beg leave to make you an humble tender of my most Sinceer, and Unfeigned Thanks, for your great Goodness in taking Notice of, and Releiving me under my present sufferings in the Glorious Cause of American Liberty. And beg the Continuance of your favour towards me in future, that if any Exchange should take place between the English Prisners, and the...