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The American Commissioners to Ferdinand Grand, 17 May 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to Ferdinand Grand9

AL (draft): American Philosophical Society

<Passy, May 17, 1778: We wish you to pay money from our joint account only on our joint order, and to send us all letters addressed to Mr. Deane on the business of the commission.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

9. Published in Taylor, Adams Papers, VI, 129–30; the annotation explains the squabbling within the commission that elicited the draft, in Arthur Lee’s hand, and prevented its being sent. For BF’s refusal to sign it, see his letter below to Arthur Lee, also May 17 and also, we believe, not sent.

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    The American Commissioners to Ferdinand Grand, 17 May 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Grand, Rodolphe-Ferdinand
    Date
    17 May 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Ferdinand Grand, 17 May 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0423. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 26, March 1 through June 30, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987, p. 490.]