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From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 13 July 1781

To Benjamin Franklin

Madrid 13. July 1781.

Dear Sir,

I have received your Favor respecting the pump at aldgate.1

I have since (two Days Ago) recd. Letters from Congress assuring me that no further Bills shall be drawn upon me.2

These Dispatches have given me So much Business that I am obliged to desire Mr. Carm[ichael] to write you the News,3 and to assure you without further additions to this Letter that I am Sincerely Your aff. obliged Friend & Servant

(signed) John Jay

LbkC, DLC: Franklin (EJ: 10331).

1. See BF to JJ, 30 June, above.

2. See the President of Congress to JJ, 28 May, above; and BF to JJ, 20 Aug., below.

3. See Carmichael to BF, 13 July, PBF description begins William B. Willcox et al., eds., The Papers of Benjamin Franklin (39 vols. to date; New Haven, Conn., 1959–) description ends , 35: 259–61, in which Carmichael forwarded news about military affairs in America and informed BF that JJ would soon be drawing on him for more funds.

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    From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 13 July 1781
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    “From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 13 July 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-02-02-0213. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 2, 1780–1782, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 517.]

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