11To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 10 December 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We now beg leave to Confirm to your Excellency What we had the honor of writing you last post, to Which we can have nothing to add on our part and of course can only keep your Excellency informed of the progressive Steps that are daily taken towards bringing the Affair in Question to a final Issue to your Satisfaction, which will not be less so to us, as...
12To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 18 September 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May it please your Excellency, that on Covering the inclosed, recomanded to our Care, We crave reference to our last Respects of the 31th. of August and that we were as happy as to engage the Chevalier de Luxenbourg, on his return to Paris to charge himself with the delivery of a box containing a very fine Portrait in Chinea of the Great Generall Washington...
13To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 7 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We have the honoúr to mention to yoúr Excellency the Arrivall of John Paul Jones Esqr. Commander of the Continentall Squadron; he did ús the favoúr of writing ús a very polite Letter from board of the Serapis; and we execúted already part of his orders, as múch as Circúmstance and time would permitt; we continúe to attend to them with all Care and...
14To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 21 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May we begg leave to troúble the attention of your Excellency, and ask his assistance for oúr selfs and oúr American frinds, in a misfortúne the last English maill Acquaints ús With: Those are the Circúmstances by extracts oút of a letter from Capn. Moses Grinnell fm. Boston to oúr adress. “On the 17 Sept: I was drove on shore at shetland in a violent gaill...
15To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [before 4 July 1779] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We begg leave to address oúr selfs again to Your Excellency, and to begg for her favoúrs by the personall appearance of oúr Worthy frend Mr. Dumas, the Worthy Agent for Congress— He would be Kind enough to charge himself with this present, and we dare promitt oúr selfs from his frendship, that if yoúr Excellence already had some goodness for ús he will...
16To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 15 June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS and AL : National Archives That in Consequence of our former information, we have accepted all those bills which hath appeared to us drawn on the Honourable Henry Laurens in Amsterdam, untill the receipt of those letters she hath favourd us with dated 4th and 6th instant, which came to hand by last Mail, we inclose the list of our Accept. How willing we might be again to go further, the...
17To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 1 July 1782 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society By the earliest opportunity after the arrival of the Brig Firebrand Capn. Caleb Trowbridge from Boston in forty eight days. We have the honor of forwarding to your Excelly. the Letters we received to your address, we had not an opportunity of acknowledging with propriety the Letter we were favoured with, in date of 4 Feby. untill all the accounts relative to...
18To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 1 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Mr. Dumas left us last week, as he told us his presence should be required at the Hague from whence we gott his advice how to supply Mr Landay with money for his voyage to Paris, agreable to the orders of Your Excellency. At the same time our homme d’affaires at the Helder mentiond some matters to us we thought best to look into ourSelfs, and have arranged...
19To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 12 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society In Consequence of our respects to your Excellcy. dated 20th. Sepr. since which we are deprived of your favors, we Communicated the Contents of the last to his Excy. John Adams Esqr. as soon as his health would admit of it who told us he was quite a Stranger to this business, but would (we think) write to your Excellcy. about it. We have learnt since that...
20To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 29 May 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May it please your Excellency; That we lay before her, that by bills of Exchange drawn on Henry Lawrence Esqr. as Commissioner of the United States, to reside in Amsterdam, it appeard to us that it was expected in America this Gentleman was to be here before this; butt neither here nor at the Hague we could have the pleasure to learn anything about it. That...
21To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 11 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We begg leave to give your Excellency our most sincere thanks for the contents of her most obliging favour of the 29h. October; we are happy for our American frinds that no bills will be payd in a manner that they or the states could be losers by; the Captors of the vessell which we mentiond have already attempted to receive money in England on some letters...
22To Benjamin Franklin from Neufville & Cie., 8 September 1783 (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society His Excellency John Jay Esqr. having given us his address at passy, we beg leave to put a letter under Your Excellencys Cover, requesting in case said Gentleman Should be moved from thence, you Will please to cause it to be forwarded, and as we Have not had the honour of addressing you since the Change of the firm of our House we pray you to observe that it...
23To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 2 October 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society My it please your Excellency, that on examination of those bills, which we shall have to pay in the Month of decemr: next, we found they were only amounting to Bk. Mey [Bank Money] f. 12316—instead of f. 12366—as we adviced wrong by our last of the 25th. September and that we have now taken the liberty to draw in consequence on Your Excellency our three...
24To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 10 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The principall motive of the present is to desire Yoúr Excellency’s Kind assistance in forwarding the annexed Mercantile Letter by the first conveyance from France, it contains the arrivall of Some Vessells with ús; the Independance came to oúr adress from Virginia, which we may reckon we hope de bonne aúgúre. It hath not been possible as yett to gett a...
25To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 9 October 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We begg leave to thank your Excellency for her most obliging favour of the 1st. instant, promising to honour our draufts in the manner we have mention’d, and which we will Continue in Consequence; when any other bills will appear, we propose to follow exactly your Excellencys orders in mentioning the summs, except when a protest should be enthreathend, in...
26To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 21 January 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : South Carolina Historical Society That we further Apprize your Excellency of our having deliver’d (on our being applied to for it) the last part of the Remaining Goods of the United States which had remained in our possession or at least had always been under our Immediate direction, about Which it may be proper to remark there has never been the least difficulty Concerning their...
27To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 7 December 1781 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society In answer to the letter your Excellency honoured us with in date of 26 Ulto:, & to that which his Excellency John Adams, did us also the honour of writing to us, to mention proposals in conformity of those of your Excellency, About the Vessels which were disappointed of Mr Gillon’s Convoy. We wrote Your Excellency before, at the particular desire of His...
28To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [after 24?] June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We have gott the honour to trouble your Excellency with the explication of Sevall. bills drawn on the Honourable Henry Laurens Esqr. Comissioner fr. the United States of North America residing in Amsterdam, we have since ask’d a fourthnight that we expected an Answer butt an English house having presented a bill the 24th. send word today that she would have...
29To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [on or after 31 August 1780] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May we thank your Excellency for the late favour she honourd us with of the 21st: instant as we are now sure that the bills drawn on the Hone. Henry Laurens will be further out of danger, and your Excy will answer for the same; We shall now wait for your Excellencys dispositions for our rimbursement either that we may draw or have the money remitted; and if...
30To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 22 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society In consequence of the intimacy Your Excellency honourd us with, we hope it will not displease her, if we acquaint her with the Accession of our States to the Armed Neutrality, which hath been signd at the Court of Russia, and assures us of vindicating(?) our Common Concern with the English Court with joint force and spirits. We think this event will give...
31To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [February? 1780] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We most kindly thank you for your agreable last favour, we have duely noted its contents, we hope your Excellency hath been Satisfied with our Account of the American Squadron, and will always be so with what She Causes to pass throw our hands. We doubt not butt your Excellency hath received the Account of Comodor JP. Jones Esqr. arrivall at the Coruña...
32To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 25 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We acknowledge with the greatest regard yoúr Excellencys last favoúr of the 15th., and will be very anxious in execúting to satisfaction the orders Mr. De Chaumont and Mr. Dumas gave and will give ús for the supplies of the American Squadron. We hope we may likewise meet there in with the approbation of your Excellency; What the influence of the English...
33To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 20 January 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society On the refusal of Mrs. Hope & Co: the owners of the vessel in favour of who’s Captn. a Bill was drawn agreeing with the inclosed Copeÿ, theÿ have apply’d to us, we have promis’d them that we Should directlÿ write about it, as we had no orders, nor were acquainted with the drawer; so we make bold to applÿ to ÿour Excellencÿ; and in case she might think...
34To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 20 September 1781 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society We were honor’d with your ever esteem’d favor’s of 31st. Ulto. and 4th. instt., the first with one inclosed for his Excellency Mr. Adams to whom we deliver’d it of Course and the latter in reply to that with Which we troubled you in date of the 30th of last month. We are extremely Sorry that we Cannot yet acquaint you with the perfect re’establishment of the...
35To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 27 December 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Though we have nothing to add on the Business Which we are sorry has given your Excellency & ourselves so much trouble— yet it may be some Satisfaction to you we should Confirm what we said before of the Continental goods being now at the disposal of the Honble. Thos. Barclay Esqr. & His Excy. Mr. Adams who doubtless have apprized you thereof, & of the...
36To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 2 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania We had the honour of Addressing your Excellcy. on the 24th. Octr. last on the subject of 4 Small Continl. Bills endors’d by Mr. Wm. Foster for The Honble. R R Livingston, on Which we have no reply. We now are to give you advice of having Endorsed 2 Continl. Bills No. 279 & 280—in date of 31st Jany. 1782 for 300 Dollrs. pble. to George putnam—which we...
37To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [1] June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We had the honour to write to Your Excellency by last maill, acquainting her that we were willing to protect the American Creditt in accepting personally some bills drawn by order of Congress on Henry Lawrence Esqr. residing in Amsterdam; for whose arrivall we still wait. Our generall private connections with America are already so large that the assistance...
38To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 25 October 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society With all reverence we take leave to lay again before Your Excellency; that we have not yett received the permission for the Acceptance of the last mention’d bills on Mr Laurens of which the bearers apply’d again, butt were persuaded to wait untill next maill, Should we then not find our Selfs favour’d with directions from your Excellency, we shall be...
39To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 16 August 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May we begg leave to thank your Excellency for her last Kind favour, we have delivred to Capn. Brown the inclosed, and he seemd much pleased that it was likely he should enjoy his prize; about the nature of which we had not heard so much before. We do not know of anything which should detain Comor. Gillon from Sailing, he hath been waiting some days perhaps...
40To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, 31 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We intended Severall times to write to yoúr Excellency aboút the Loan for America recomanded to oúr care, for which she was so good, as to allow ús what patience we wanted, Some time ago; and which we are to begg for again: tho’ we found circumstances, and by the late news that came in from Virginia, groing better from time to time. We cannot however...