1Penet, D’Acosta freres & Cie. to the American Commissioners, 3 September 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Nantes, September 3, 1778, in French: We are enclosing a letter for you brought from Boston by our ship Le Courier de l’Europe and renew our offer of services.> Penet’s new partners in Nantes. D’Acosta frères were a Nantes merchant firm which was engaged to a significant degree in transatlantic trade: Villiers, Commerce colonial , p. 405.
2To Benjamin Franklin from Penet, D’Acosta frères & Cie., 2 December 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society In great haste a few minutes before the Post sets off we have the Honor to transmit to you a letter brought this day by our vessel the Committee together with one for Mr. Le Ray de Chaumont of which we beg your kind Care. Our vessel left Philadelphia the 26th Octr. last in Company with the frigate Confederacy of 40 Guns: from which she was separated the same...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Penet, D’Acosta frères & Cie., 8 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania May it please your Excellency, as we are ready to expedite to North America a vessel call’d the Kensington, to accept our services you may commit your dispatches to the Care of Samuel Smith Commander of sd. vessel: And at the same time, We beg, you would forward us immediately a Commission for war; you will find here annex’d the usual obligation with its...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Penet, D’Acosta frères & Cie., 3 August 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We beg leave to recommend to your care the annex’d packet for Mr. Philip Mazzei from the State of Virginia. We have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient & very humble servants Addressed: To / His Excellency / the Hble. Doctor Franklin Notation: Penet d’Acosta, Nantes August 3. 1780. Possibly a packet Gov. of Virginia Thomas Jefferson had sent by the Fier...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Penet, D’Acosta frères & Cie., 31 July 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society By our letter of the 3d: August ulto. we have made bold to recommend to your Care a Packet of letters &c. from the State of Virginia directed to Mr. Philip Mazzei. Having not reach’d the hands of that Gentleman, he has apply’d to us several times to know what was become of them. Be so kind Sir to acquaint us whether they have been forwarded to the directed;...
6From Benjamin Franklin to Penet, D’Acosta frères & Cie., 8 August 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 31. past. The Packet you sent me for Mr. Mazzei has been by his Direction, deliver’d to M. Favi, Chargé des Affaires du Duc de Toscane, at this Court. I have the Honour to be, Gentlemen Your &c.