9231To Benjamin Franklin from Luke Ryan, 8 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society To Except of my gratefull acknowledgments and everlasting thanks, for beaing So good as to give me a letter of Recommendation to his Excellency the Marchal de Castries, may pease, unety, traffick, and freaindship, reaighn in your Undependent States of north America, to Compleat that great work, that you in your wisdom So happely begun; that through all...
9232To Benjamin Franklin from Bailly, 9 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr Bailly presente ses hommages a Monsieur Franklin. Il a l’honneur de lui envoier premierement la suite du registre. Mr Franklin voudra bien le lire et le signer a l’endroit où il est dit qu’il a signé. Secondement le rapport qui doit etre signé mercredi par les commissaires et presenté au roi vendredi. Mr Bailly le lui envoie aujourd’hui, afin que Mr...
9233To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Cain, Mark Collins, and William Jones, 9 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS and copy: American Philosophical Society; copies: Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères, Archives départementales d’Ille-et-Vilaine We take The Liberty To address your Excellency on a Subject extremely interesting to us & many other persons concern’d in The Trade between This kingdom & The united states of america, The extention or diminution of which we will venture To Say depends...
9234To Benjamin Franklin from William Carmichael, 11 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received some days ago a Letter from the Cte de Campomanes in answer to the one which your Excellency put into my hands for him; As I had in prospect an occasion of sending it by an extraordinary Courier I have taken the Liberty to detain this Letter until the moment of the Departure of the Courier— The packet would have cost your Excellency an...
9235To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 12 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Dans l’espérance que ma derniere, avec les incluses, est bien parvenue, voici No. 44 pour le Congrès, qu’il trouvera sans doute tres interessante. Je la recommande à V. E. pour la fermer & acheminer, comme aussi celle pour Mr. Van Berkel, & celle pour Mr. le D. de la V [Vauguyon]— Je présente mes complimens à Mr. Wm. Franklin, & suis avec grand respect De...
9236To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Banks, 13 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library; AL (draft): Royal Society Willing as much as is in my Power to Clear the R. Society & myself from our share of the Charge of Illiberal treatment towards you with which I fear this Countrey may too justly be accusd, I take my Pen with no small Pleasure to inform you that I am instructed by the Council of the Royal Society to Present to you in their name...
9237To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de la Morliere, 13 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society J’ai des regrets infinis de ne pouvoir accompagner mon fils qui aura L’honneur de vous remettre ma Lettre pour vous engager à lui prêter vôtre attention sur la demande que je pense que ses services méritent; j’avois engagé Mr. Le Cte. D’estaing sur L’amitié qu’il à de tous temps pour moi de lui fournir, oú de lui procurer les occasions de Se distinguer; Mon...
9238To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Thomson, 13 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; AL (draft): Historical Society of Pennsylvania The renewal of our ancient correspondence and the receipt of your letters excited those sensations, which real friends feel on meeting unexpectedly after a long separation. As Mr Jefferson, who I hope is by this time safe arrived will explain matters to you and make you fully acquainted with the state of our...
9239To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 13 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I should have called on you before my Departure if I had not been detained so long in Paris, that I expected to find you in bed and I was determined not to Stop myself ’till I came hither. The inclosed from my Father in Law will give you an Idea of his Business & Situation. I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you in about 15 days in the mean Time I remain...
9240To Benjamin Franklin from Horatio Gates, 16 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received from the Hands of the Marquis Fayette, what I have not deserved from you, a very Elegant Silver Medal, a durable Record of that Glorious Revolution which has been so Fortunately brought to pass; as a proof thereof, I am unhanged, and you have Triumphed over Loughborough, & all his Tribe, So much for Buckingham! —but a though the War is thus...