6911To George Washington from William Brown, 3 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Finding it not in my power to make the monthly returns your Excellency has been accustomed to receive, of all the Sick and Wounded belonging to the Army, on account of difficulties that have arisen with respect to my obtaining returns thereof from certain parts of the hospital department; I thought it would not be undesirable to your Excellency, to receive an exact return of these hospitals...
6912To George Washington from Jeremiah Bruen, 16 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
As there is no mention made of Half pay and Lands in the Resolve of Congress of March 29th whereby the Ridgt of Artificers is reduced. I am requested by the officers to ask your Excellencies Opinion, as it appeared from the Resolves of October last, for the Aragement of the Army that all officers of reduced Corps were intitled to these Priviledges: Captn Painter waits upon Excellency for that...
6913To George Washington from Jeremiah Bruen, 9 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
By a resolve passed by the Honorable the Congress in October last, there was to be as Regiment of Artificers aranged with the Line of the Army. and that said Regiment should be fill’d up by the state of Pennsylvania, and that the several states should be credited for those Artificers already raised and now in actual service, from which I conceived the Regiment Commanded by Colo. Baldwin to be...
6914To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Bruet, 22 August 1783 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society M. Le cte de Bruet a reçû avec la plus grande sensibilité lexemplaire que Monsieur franklin a eu lattention et lhonnetteté de luÿ adresser il luÿ en fait mile remerciements et il seroit bien flatté de trouver les occasions de luÿ en marquer toute Sa reconoissance. Mde de Bruet fait mille et mille Compliments a messieurs franklin et ne pouvent etre plus...
6915To George Washington from Bryan Bruin, 26 September 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will not I hope, think me impertinent, if I shoud for a moment, withdraw your attention from publick Concerns, to Business of a private nature—Your Excellency is possess’d of a Tract of Land containing as I am informd, 400 Acres, lying on Potowmack, about 18 or 20 miles from Bath; A great part of the Land is of a good quality, but so environ’d with Mountains, as to render any...
6916To Benjamin Franklin from the Chevalier de Brus, 6 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Franklin, within weeks of his arrival in Paris, began to receive letters from strangers about service in America. The writers were sometimes putting forward friends or relatives, more often themselves; if they specified what they wanted, which many did not, it might be a military commission in advance, or passage money, or merely a letter of recommendation,...
6917To John Adams from Eliphalet Brush, 25 January 1783 (Adams Papers)
I had the honor of writing you Some time ago Requesting a pasport for a Vessel I have here, on a Supposition that peace was near at hand, but was not favour’d with your answer, which made me Suppose my Letter mis-carried.— The Confirmation of a Suspension of Arms , induces me to Request you wou’d do me the favour, to procure me as soon as possible, proper Certificates for the brig Minerva Cap...
6918To John Adams from Eliphalet Brush, 8 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
I have Receiv’d your much Esteemed favour of the 26 Ult o: for which I thank you most sincerely. In Consequence of a report of the preliminary Articles of peace being Sign’d, I take the Liberty to ask your Influence, that the duplicates may be sent in the Minerva, which I’ll have ready to send to Phil a: the moment I Receive your Orders for that purpose.— I shall be Infinitely oblig’d to you...
6919To John Adams from Eliphalet Brush, 19 November 1782 (Adams Papers)
An apology, I think, wou’d be Unnessary for addressing you; and I shall make no other than the regard I have for you. The time since I left America put’s it out of my power to give You any late inteligence from that Country.— I left Boston last May, & have been approaching Europe by degrees ever since, by the way of the west Indies & Spain.— I took the Earliest Opp y: on my Arrival in...
6920To Benjamin Franklin from C. L. Brust, 24 April 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Il s’est elevé divers procés entre les assurés et les assureurs des batiments & Cargaisons partis de L’Amerique Septentrionale pour la françe, et pris par les Anglois ou peris, et je Suis du Nombre de ceux qui Sont en Souffrance par le refus des assureurs de payer les pertes. Un des grands obstacles a faire finir ces discussions est dans L’Incertitude du...