1To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Shipley, [on or after 20 March 1775?]: fragment (Franklin Papers)
ALS (incomplete): Yale University Library This fragment is now bound, in a volume of Franklin’s...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Patience Wright, [after 7 March 1777] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society With the most hearty Love and confidenc in your Friendship,...
3From Benjamin Franklin to [de Reine], [after 12 July 1778] (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society Les suffrages que vos vers ont obtenus, Monsieur, vous...
4“The Petition of the Letter Z”, [after 12 February 1779?] (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society Along with the official letter of appointment as sole...
5To Benjamin Franklin from César-François Cassini de Thury, [on or after 14 April 1779] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society M Le Roy vient de presenter a Lacademie un ouvrage qui...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Jean de Neufville & fils, [after 28 June 1779] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Will yoúr Excellency give me leave to transcribe at the foot...
7Parabole Contre La Persécution, [after February 1780] (Franklin Papers)
Printed by Benjamin Franklin, Passy [1780]: Yale University Library Franklin had never intended...
8To Benjamin Franklin from the Baron de Tott, [after 6 March 1780] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society M. De Lafayette en partant pour L’amerique m’a Confié La...
9To Benjamin Franklin from Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, [after 17 April 1780] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. Le Veillard souhaite le bonjour a monsieur franklin et le...
10To Benjamin Franklin from the Abbé Rochon, [after 27 October 1780] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. L’Abbé Rochon est prié instament de demander à Mr....
11From Benjamin Franklin to Edward Nairne, 13 November 1780[–18 October 1783] (Franklin Papers)
Two LS : Library of Congress, Yale University Library; AL (draft) and press copy: Library of...
12Account of the Contents of the 34 Boxes of Printing Letters, &c Cast at Passy, 27 January 1781[–21 June 1785] (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society Account of the Printing Letters cast at Passy and contain’d...
13From John Sullivan, with John McDuffee’s Answers to Queries concerning the Moose, 5 March 1781–12 March 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now the honor to inclose answers to your Queries respecting the Moose , and beg you will...
14To Benjamin Franklin from the Comtesse de Golowkin, [after 12 April 1781] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Je vous souhaite un tendre bonjour mon cher Papa, et vous...
15III. French Projet Based on the Convention of 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
PROJET de Convention entre le Roi Très Chretien et les États-Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale, a...
16IV. Observations on the Foregoing (Jefferson Papers)
Observations sur chacun des Articles de la Convention, d’Entre le Roi Très Chrétien, et les Etats...
17Notes on Debates, [1782–1783; 1787] (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). JM’s notes on the debates and other proceedings of Congress (LC:...
18I. Jefferson’s Notes on Sheffield’s Observations on the Commerce of the American States, [1783–1784?] (Jefferson Papers)
Ld. Sheffd. pa. 54. The whale fishery even to Hudson’s bay cannot be carried on to greater...
19To Alexander Hamilton from Jacobus Swartwout, [1783] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, 1783 .] Requests that Hamilton serve as attorney in a suit brought against Swartwout...
20Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
The following previously identified accounts cover the period of this volume: VI and VII ( XXIII...
21Editorial Note on Promissory Notes, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
Seventeen escaped prisoners made their way to Passy and received financial assistance from...
22Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
The following accounts, identified in previous volumes, continue to apply to the current period:...
23Editorial Note on Promissory Notes, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
Although the hostilities had ceased and most prisoners had been exchanged, American seamen who...
24Editorial Note on Requests to Be Selected a Free Port, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
As soon as the preliminary peace was settled in January, Franklin began receiving appeals from...
25Morellet’s Translation of “Reflections upon the Life and Death of Edward Drinker”: Résumé, [1783] (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft) and press copy of copy: American Philosophical Society In May, 1783, an essay about an...
26To Benjamin Franklin from the Baronne de Bourdic: Three Letters, [1783] (Franklin Papers)
(I) AL : American Philosophical Society; (II) ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania; (III) AL...
27To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon: Two Letters, [1783] (Franklin Papers)
(I) and (II) AL : American Philosophical Society Mon aimable papa, il fait si beau que cela me...
28To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Gross, [c. 1783] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society To his Excelency Dr. Franklin plenepotentary &c &c &c &c The...
29To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques-Louis Joannis, [c. 1783] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Il y a environ 3 ans que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous vendre...
30Analysis of Loyalists, [1783?] (Franklin Papers)
D : Library of Congress Two hundred & eighty eight persons called Loyalists, & specified by Name...
31To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste Le Roy: Four Letters, [1783?] (Franklin Papers)
(I) and (II) ALS : American Philosophical Society; (III) and (IV) AL : American Philosophical...
32To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Mailly, [1783] (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society M. Le Maréchal de Mailly, ayant sçû que, Monsieur francklin,...
33To George Washington from Bartholomew von Heer, 1783 (Washington Papers)
That your Memorialist in the year 1775 Joined General Montgomery at Montreal, against the Enemies...
34V. Jefferson’s Draft Resolution Authorizing Erection of Public Buildings for Use of Congress, [1783?] (Jefferson Papers)
Resolved that the Governor be desired to propose to the state of Maryland to concur with this...
35Notes on British and American Alienage, [1783] (Jefferson Papers)
Qu. 1. Can an American citizen, adult, now inherit lands in England? Natural subjects can...
36II. Classification of Treaty Provisions, 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
In comparing the Project and Counterproject of the treaty with Denmark with our instructions it...
37Memorandum Books, 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
Maryland & Pennsylva. currency 7/6 to the dollar. Jan. 1. Pd. for sundries for Patsy £3–17–6. 2....
38Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard: Notes on the Life of Franklin, [before 16 October 1783?] (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Carl Van Doren, ed., Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiographical Writings (New York,...
39Three Draft Replies to Applicants for Emigration, [between 24 January 1783 and 9 March 1784] (Franklin Papers)
(I) AL (incomplete draft): Library of Congress; (II) and (III) AL (incomplete draft): American...
40From Benjamin Franklin to Michel-Guillaume St. John de Crèvecœur, [after 2 April 1783] (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress I have perused the foregoing Memoir, and having formerly had some...
41Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, [before March 1784] (Franklin Papers)
Printed at Passy, [1784]; AD (draft): Yale University Library; copy: Library of Congress When...
42To Benjamin Franklin from William James, [after 7 June 1783] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I meant soon after I had the Honor of dining with you at...
19 July 1783 D r . Franklin told me that not long after the elder Lewis Morris (who was once...
44Franklin’s Responses to the Maréchale de Beauvau’s Questions on Lightning Rods, [after 21 July 1783] (Franklin Papers)
D : American Philosophical Society On July 21, 1783, Bethia Alexander wrote to William Temple...
45Account with the State of New York, [30 July 1783–26 March 1784] (Hamilton Papers)
The State of New York, To Alex. Hamilton, Dr. 1783 July 30 To my allowance as a delegate of...
46[TitlePage] (Adams Papers)
Titlepage of D/JQA/8, on the cover of a leather-bound 7¼″ × 4⅜″ writing book with the inscription...
47Extracts of John Baynes’s Journal, 27 August–15 September 1783 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from The Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Written by Himself. With a Selection from His...
48I. Bounds of a Proposed Northwest Colony, 1 September 1783–1 March 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Bounded by a line of Longitude running from the most Southernly point of Lake Michigan to the...
49Franklin: Proposed Plan of Agreement for Packet Boat Service, [before 9 October 1783] (Franklin Papers)
ad (draft): American Philosophical Society Plan of Agreement The Packet Boats from England to...
50To Benjamin Franklin from Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Helvétius, [September 1783?] (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society Si Messieurs franklin ne sont pas Engagés pour aujourdhuy,...