Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 29 October 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to Vergennes8

LS:9 Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: National Archives

<Passy, October 29, 1778: We are ready to execute and exchange the declarations concerning the omission of the 11th and 12th articles of the treaty of commerce,1 and ask you to appoint a day for us to wait on you.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. Published in Taylor, Adams Papers, VII.

9. In the hand of BF’s secretary Nicolas-Maurice Gellée: XXVI, 287 n.

1. Above, Sept. 1. We are unable to account for the delay.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 29 October 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de
    Date
    29 October 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 29 October 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0613. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 27, July 1 through October 31, 1778, ed. Claude A. Lopez. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988, p. 657.]