Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to Schweighauser, 19 August 1778

The American Commissioners to Schweighauser

Draft: Massachusetts Historical Society; copies (two): National Archives

Passi August 19 1778

Sir

We desire you will furnish Lieut. David Walsh with twelve Guineas taking triplicate Receipts from him payable to the president of Congress or his order.3 We are Sir Your most Obedient

BF AL JA

Mr Schweighauser

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. On Oct. 8 Franklin accepted a draft of Welsh’s for 176 l.t., dated July 22: Taylor, Adams Papers, VI, 361.

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    Title
    The American Commissioners to Schweighauser, 19 August 1778
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Schweighauser, Jean-Daniel
    Date
    19 August 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Schweighauser, 19 August 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0250. [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. 276.]