1To Benjamin Franklin from Landais, 16 June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society, University of Pennsylvania Library; copy: National Archives My last to you was of the 14 Instant in which I informed your Excellency that I had retaken the Command of the Ship Alliance, which I left in the charge of my Lieutenant. There are on board this Ship sixty seven cases containing small arms and two hundred & sixteen barrells of powder, which are...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, [after 16 June 1780] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society M de Chaumont a L’honneur de prevenir M. franklin que C’est aujourdhuy Le Courier de Bretagne et que S’il veut que L’alliance reste a L’orient Comme Cela est Bien Necessaire il est interessant qu’il envoye Ses ordres aujourdhuy au Capitaine. Notation: Chaumont On the assumption this note postdates BF ’s unsuccessful attempt of June 16 to force Landais to...