ALS : American Philosophical Society I have recd. the inclosed Lettres from Mrs. Bousie respecting the Passport— I have some Knowledge of Mr. Audibert Captain of the Port of Calais, & from his Letter have no doubt of Mr. Sartines having given the Pass port mention’d; however if the Doctor thinks it expedient he can make his Pass port conditional as suggested by Mrs. Bousie. I am Dr. Sir truly...
2From Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 21 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : M.H. Venables, Bristol, England (1976); copy and transcript: Library of Congress I received duly yours of the 2d Inst. I am sorry you have had so much Trouble in the Affair of the Prisoners. You have been deceived as well as we. No Cartel Ship has yet appear’d. And it is now evident that the Delays have been of Design, to give more Opportunity of seducing the Men by Promises and...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Montieu, 21 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received the Honor of yours of the 16 inst. and thank you for your kind Congratulations. I have not Time at present to consider and adjust the Differences in the Accts. about the Copper & Tin. They may easily be settled when we meet, as well as the Advances at Charlestown. I shall immediately accept the Bills you have drawn upon me, except as many as amount to the...
4To Benjamin Franklin from William Gardner and Joseph Bailey, 21 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Sur I make bold of being an american prisoner I make to present this humble pretition to your honour hopeing that your honour Will Lend a lissening Ear to my Calamity As I am Now In a lonesome prisoner Being Captivated by a french privateere In an English Bottom And to Let you know further my Name Is William Gardner Born upon the Iseland of Nantucket Sailed...
5To Benjamin Franklin from the Chevalier de Kéralio, 21 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Made. la comtesse de Forbach m’a chargé de vous faire passer la copie ci-jointe de la Lettre qu’elle a reçue de M. Le Marquis de la fayette, et de vous assurer en même temps de toute son amitié. Je lui avois mandé que vous l’aimiés—toujours beaucoup; elle vous répond qu’elle en est tres flattée, qu’elle y est plus Sensible que personne au Monde, mais cela...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Stephen Sayre, 21 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did myself the honor of writing your Excellency a few Lines upon my return here from Stockholm; expressing my belief, that a freindly disposition prevail’d at that Court, & might be cultivated to advantage: but that I could not, with propriety, risque a communication of my Ideas on this subject, by the common post— I shall shortly be in Amsterdam—the...
7General Orders, 21 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
8From George Washington to Colonel Theodorick Bland, 21 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I received your favor of the 22d with the list of the officers of the regiment and the return. As subsisting the horse is become a matter of much difficulty, congress may not & I believe do not think it convenient to increase their number under present circumstances —On this consideration the officers actually belonging to your regiment, I would suppose fully adequate to its duties. The...
9To George Washington from Colonel Daniel Brodhead, 21 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed are several Letters from our Friends at Coochocking. Those from Killbuck were directed to Genl McIntosh and myself but that from Mr Heckenwelder was sent me in the pad of a Moravian Indian’s Saddle. The Mingoes Wyondats Muncies Shawnese & a few of the Delawares who live with the Wyondats have lately made two attempts on Fort Laurens—Unfortunately in the first a Sergeant & seventeen...
10To George Washington from George Clinton, 21 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
In consequence of your Excellency’s Letter of the 15th Instant I have ordered General Ten Broeck of Albany to confer with Generals Schuyler and Clinton on the Matters contained in it, and to call out such Proportion of the Militia of that and Tryon County as they may on such Conference esteem necessary to cover the western Frontier and thereby prevent the Enemy drawing Supplies from thence:...