1To John Jay from William Bingham, 27 September 1782 (Jay Papers)
Under Date of August 4th I had the honor of addressing you, Since which we have the fullest Prospect of an approaching Peace, as it appears that the Negotiations in europe will most certainly terminate in that desirable Event There is a Point of the greatest Consequence for the Interests of the merchant states which is not consulted in the treaty of commerce with France , & which if unattended...
2To John Jay from William Bingham, 14[–15] August 1782 (Jay Papers)
Major Franks, on his Arrival here, the 1 st Instant, delivered me your Letter of the 8 th Septem r ., in which I find You do not acknowledge the Receipt of several that I had wrote You, which renders your Precaution very necessary— It is the prevailing Opinion in America that Negociations are on the Tapis for a general peace & y r . Departure from Madrid, to hold a conference (as is said) with...
3To John Jay from William Bingham, 13 July 1781 (Jay Papers)
I did not know of Major Franks’s Intentions of embarking for Spain, untill this very Moment— I cannot suffer him to depart without addressing you a few Lines, should they only serve to congratulate you on the pleasing Prospect of our Affairs— In every part of the United States, the Enemy are now acting on the defensive & seem to have renounced the vain & hitherto transitory Idea of Conquest...
4To John Jay from William Bingham, 6 June 1781 (Jay Papers)
Your obliging Favor of the 24th Nov r is the only one that has reached me since your Departure from Martenico— I the more regret it, as the Value I set upon your Friendship, makes me anxious oftentimes to receive the same flattering Marks of it— The object of my Wishes, concerning which I requested you to sound a particular Gentleman was, soon after I mentioned it to you, unsolicited for, in...
5To George Washington from William Bingham, 15 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will receive by this Conveyance, two Boxes of Liqueurs, one of which Mr Jay on his Departure from Martinico, requested I would take under my Care & forward to your Excellency, the other, I take the liberty of Soliciting your Acceptance of, as a Small Token of the respectfull Esteem, with which I have the honor to be, Sir your Excellency’s, most obedient & very humble servt ALS...
6To John Jay from William Bingham, 1 July 1780 (Jay Papers)
With great Difficulty & repeated Solicitations I procured permission from Congress to return here & arrived in the Frigate the Confederacy the beginning of May— Previous to my Departure, I addressed you several Letters from Martinico which I hope you have received— It has given me peculiar pleasure to hear of your late Arrival at Cadiz, & of the favorable reception you are like to meet with at...
7To Benjamin Franklin from William Bingham, 28 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Two ALS : American Philosophical Society No Event of material Importance to merit your Notice or Attention, has happened in this Quarter since the Date of my last— I have not been honoured with any of your Favors since your Residence in France, not withstanding the many official Letters that in the Course of public Business I have had occasion to address you— I am entirely ignorant of the...
8To John Jay from William Bingham, 25 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have greatly Suffered from the Consideration of the Inconviencies that both you & M rs Jay must have been exposed to on your Passage from hence, arising from the scanty Accommodations of the French Frigate— I trembled at the thoughts of it before your Departure, but I was fearfull of mentioning it, least I might anticipate that Uneasiness of Mind which I am confident you must have...
9To Benjamin Franklin from William Bingham, 28 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Departure of the Troops that were embarked at St Lucie & intended for Georgia, is now postponed, & they are retained at St Christophers & Antigua for the Defence of those valuable Islands— There have been no Accounts received from Mons D’Estaing for upwards of a Month past, which convinces me that he is engaged on an Expedition to Georgia, where he will...
10To Benjamin Franklin from William Bingham, 20 July 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society As the recent Events that have arisen from the operation of the two fleets & Armies in these Seas, are of the most interesting & important Nature, I shall enter into a regular Detail of those that have taken place Since the Date of my last Letter. The French Forces that sailed in the Expedition to Grenada arrived there the 2d Inst, when 1300 Troops were...