Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to the President of Congress, 19 May 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to the President of Congress1

AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; three copies and transcript: National Archives

<Passy, May 19, 1778: We enclose for the consideration of Congress a copy of a letter from the comte de Vergennes,2 and of a letter enclosed with it.>

1. Published in Butterfield, John Adams Diary, IV, 103.

2. That above, May 15, about the misconduct of an American privateer.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    The American Commissioners to the President of Congress, 19 May 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    President of Congress
    Date
    19 May 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to the President of Congress, 19 May 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0442. [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. 505.]