1To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph (Jean) Dupas de Iden de Valnais and Eunice Quincy de Valnais, 25 September 1783 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. & Mrs. De Valnais present their Respects to Dr. Franklin and will do themselves the honour to wait on his Excellency agreable to the invitation they have Received today Addressed: His Excellency Dr. Franklin. / Minister plenipotentiary from the / united States of N. America to the / Court of France / Passy— For this couple, who had been recommended to BF...
2To Benjamin Franklin from François-Antoine de Flandre de Brunville, 25 September 1783 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Je fais instruire le procès à ma requête de L’ordonnance de M. le Lieutenant Criminel, contre le Noé. [nommé] Jean Robert Schaffer et autres, prévenus de s’être annoncés dans le Public comme tenans Banque et maison de Commerce, et à la faveur de ces titres et de billets souscrits de Correspondans à eux affidés, avoir abusé de la Confiance de différens...
3To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor of enclosing to your Excellency several Acts of Congress relative to the Army, dated the 23d & 24 Instt. I have the honor to be with the greatest Respect Your Excellency’s Most Obed. & Hble Servt DLC : Papers of George Washington.
4From George Washington to James Cassaty, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 11th Instant care duly to hand—as I am sorry that the conduct of the Officer commandg at Oswego put you to the inconveniences you mention. I expect Governor Clinton here in the course of a few days when I shall confer with him on what is further necessary to be done in this affair—I am. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
5To George Washington from Robert Howe, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
Previous to your Excellency’s favour this moment receiv’d the troops were under orders to march for Tomorrow . some papers which ought to have been sent me were omitted to be transmitted, & I sh’d not get them until saturday by Mr Jackson. The subsistance money for the next month was requisit ioned to the movement of the officers, they receiv’d it last Evening & requir’d this day to settle...
6From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have perused the Report & Proclamation which you were pleased to put into my hands for consideration; and think an alteration in the first, and a consequent one in the other, indispensably necessary; Because as the Report now stands, it is not broad enough to comprehend the several cases which exist—for the Troops of the Southern Army were furloughed by General Green, whilst those, which lay...
7From George Washington to Ruthey Jones, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
A few days since Major Fishbourn, Aid de Camp to General Wayne, presented to me your letter of the 29th of May from Belfast in Georgia. Some years ago I had the honor to receive other letters from you on the same subject one of which dated at the same place, I embraced the earliest opportunity of answering, but suppose it never got to hand as your last is written under the same mistake as the...
8From George Washington to Henry Knox, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have had the pleasure to receive your Letter of the 17 Instant. Your arrangements—in discharging the Invalids and contracting your deposits of Stores meet my fullest approbation—the former especially, not only seconds my views, but those of Congress, whose wish it is, to diminish our force to the number only which may be absolutely necessary—and this I think may be estimated at 3000 Men—A...
9To George Washington from Francis Moore, 25 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour to advise you that a few days previous my leaving Ireland Mrs Margaret Savage was deceased, a very disagreable Situation from want of those in Life which from she appeared to have a possessed; during her Indisposition She made her Will distributing a Sum of Money, which She intimated was her right in America, part of which is therein disposed of to yourself, with the...
10To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 25 September 1783 (Jay Papers)
I have received your Letter of the twelfth of March by M r . Penn, sixth of April by M r . Redford, & twenty ninth of July by M r . Hunt, for all which I am to thank you. Let me also thank you for your Letter of the seventeenth of July. Personally, I shall be very happy to see you in the Spring, but I confess that I do not very clearly see how it can prove advantageous either to yourself or to...
11From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walker, 25 September 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed are part of some papers I wrote in answer to certain queries sent me by Monsr. de Marbois in 1781. Another foreigner of my acquaintance, now beyond the water, having asked a copy of them, I undertook to revise and correct them in some degree. There are still a great number of facts defective and some probably not to be depended on. Knowing nobody so able as yourself to set me...