1To Benjamin Franklin from David Sears, 10 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Yesterday came up to Town the Sloop Independance belonging to Mr Isaac Sears & Co of Boston she left Virginia the 16th Apl last and came north about but brings nothing so late as you must be already furnish’d with— I have settled my affairs in Europe and shall now return to Boston in the above mentioned Vessell (at least I shall take passage in her) because...
2To Benjamin Franklin from David Sears, 3 February 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Knowing the importance of your time I should not have troubled you on any occasion but what was absolutely necessary— On my arrival at a la Rochelle from Boston I left a small quantity of furs in the hands of a Gentm of that City. because the Gentlemen of the Burau or Customs could not then determin whether American furs Imported from America paid the...