1From Benjamin Franklin to All Captains and Commanders of American Armed Ships, 7 February 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Public Record Office, London It being authentically represented to me, that the worthy Citizens of Dublin, touched with the general Calamities with which Divine Providence has thought fit lately to visit the West India Islands, have charitably resolved to contribute to their Relief, by sending them some Provisions and Cloathing; and as the principles of common Humanity require of Us to...