1To Benjamin Franklin from John Charretié, 11 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I take the liberty to request your Excellency to give the Bearer the Petition to the Minister of the Marine, and the report of the Committee of the house of Commons. I Flatter my Self that your Excellency Will condescend to note at the bottom of the Petition that I Was recommended to her as a Man of confidence and probity, and that You Will be so good as...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Chaumont: Letter and Memoir, 11 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
(I) LS : American Philosophical Society; (II) D : American Philosophical Society Trouvez bon que je mette Sous vos yeux toute l’histoire de l’affretement de mon Vaisseau le Marquis de la fayette, les personnes à qui j’ai montré ma police trouvant mes prétentions Sans réplique. Mr. Votre neveu a pris la peine de faire des observations verbales à nos arbitres à Nantes, cela ne me parait pas...
3To Thomas Jefferson from the Continental Board of War, 11 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
War Office [ Philadelphia ], 11 Dec. 1780 . Enclosing a resolution of Congress of 6 Dec. respecting the Convention troops; the Board will be pleased to have TJ take order thereon. RC ( PHi ); 2 p.; signed “by ord. Ben Stoddert Secy.”; addressed: “(Public) His Excellency Thos. Jefferson Esqr. Govr. of Virginia (War Office)”; endorsed: “Contl. Board War Lr. Recd Feby 81.” For the resolution...
4From Benjamin Franklin to Chaumont: Letter and Memoir, 11 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
(I) LS : Yale University Library; copy: Library of Congress; (II) AD (draft) and copy: American Philosophical Society It was because I know myself to be perfectly ignorant of Mercantile Affairs, that I left it totally to Mr. Williams to freight the Vessel wanted to transport our Merchandize, and to make the Agreement necessary for that purpose. It is for the same reason that I cannot take upon...
5From John Jay to Floridablanca, 11 December 1780 (Jay Papers)
Some of the Bills drawn on me, will probably become due, before M r Cabarrus’s operations can be brought to an Issue. So far as their Failure would injure the Credit, and relax the operations of a People actually at War with the Enemies of his Catholic Majesty, & opposing those Enemies in the very neighbourhood of his Dominions; it may certainly be considered as a matter interesting to Spain....
6From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 11 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
At the request of Major General Baron de Steuben, I take the liberty of transmitting to you his Letter and observations on the cautions he thinks necessary to be observed on the raising future recruits. I think it my duty also to mention to the General Assembly that I have received information from him that a very considerable proportion of the new Levies raised under an act of the last...
7From Thomas Jefferson to James Maxwell, [11 December 1780] (Jefferson Papers)
Money to pay off the Men of the Brig will be ready Friday Evening or Saturday Morning which may be dispatched to them by Express. In the mean time they may be informed of this, and the Brig ordered to be in readiness to proceed down as within proposed Instructions should be given to the Officer commanding on the Cruise to make particular Enquiry whether any persons he may take come within the...
8[To Thomas Jefferson from James Maxwell, 11 December 1780] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Richmond, 11 Dec. 1780. A minute in the Journal of the Commissioner of the Navy (Vi), under this date reads: “Letter to the Governor on the Subject of ordering down the Jefferson to Hampton Road, and procuring money to pay the crew.” Not located, but see TJ’s reply , following, and Maxwell to TJ, 7 Dec. , above.]
9To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 11 December 1780 (Madison Papers)
Tr ( LC : Force Transcripts). I take up the Pen merely to ask you how you do? Having nothing foreign or domestic to entertain you with; I have not even heard a word from the Assembly this two weeks; Yes I have one very unlucky circumstance to mention which tho’ it may seem of little consequence, I fear will have important effects in [the ] future. Our militia who turn’d out with the greatest...
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Shannon, 11 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Louisville, 11 Dec. 1780. Desires “to know the nature of my Commission from Colo. G. Rogers Clarke on my return from Government last Spring, and must inform you that it is very difficult to execute the business I am entrusted with for want of money owing to a report prevalent that our Bills on the Treasurer have been Protested which renders the Credit of the State very Trifling.” The army in...