1The Ranger’s Officers to the American Commissioners, 30 May 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <The Ranger , May 30, 1778: Our friend and fellow officer, Lieut. Thomas Simpson, was sent aboard the Drake on April 24 to command the prize. His orders were to keep close, and on May 4 he was taken in tow. The next morning the Captain gave chase to a ship to leeward, and Mr. Simpson was ordered to cast off and make sail. He misunderstood, along with his...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Trumbull, 30 May 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Bearer has by our permission engaged to procure a small Font of Letters for the use of Some Printers in this State, and he is recommended to your direction in procuring them. As the Letters founded in France is designed for printing in the French Language, it is uncertain whether, in their Fonts, the number of each particulare Letter is proportioned for...
3To Benjamin Franklin from the Baron de Welffen, 30 May 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Wiesbaden, near Mainz, May 30, 1778, in French: I ask for suitable employment in your army. For almost thirty years, through the end of the last war, I served the King of Prussia, and then was caught in the general reduction of the forces; in the American service, I am convinced, I shall not suffer such a catastrophe, and my search for success so far away...