Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to John Bondfield, 13 April 1778

The American Commissioners to John Bondfield

AL (draft):6 American Philosophical Society; copies: Massachusetts Historical Society, National Archives (two)

Passi April 13 1778.

Sir

We thank you for the civility of your favor of the 30th. ulto. and shall be obliged to you for the earliest communication of any interesting News that may reach your Port. We have the honor to be &c. &c.7

John Bondfield Esqr.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

6. In Arthur Lee’s hand, on the verso of Bondfield’s letter above of March 30.

7. The copies, after the full complimentary close, have the three commissioners’ signatures.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    The American Commissioners to John Bondfield, 13 April 1778
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Bondfield, John
    Date
    13 April 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to John Bondfield, 13 April 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0216. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 26, March 1 through June 30, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987, p. 280.]