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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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44521 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Contract between the Secret Committee and John and … | 1776-02-06 | Copy: John Carter Brown Library <Philadelphia, February 6, 1776: The Browns will procure in... | |
44522 | Cumberland County Commissioners | Pennsylvania Committee of Safety | The Cumberland County Commissioners to the Pennsylvania … | 1776-02-09 | Text printed in Samuel Hazard et al. , eds., Pennsylvania Archives (first series; 12 vols.,... |
44523 | Franklin, Benjamin | Lee, Charles | From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Lee, 11 February 1776 | 1776-02-11 | ALS : Justin G. Turner, Los Angeles (1959) The Bearer Monsr. Arundel is directed by the Congress... |
44524 | Franklin, Benjamin | Committees of Trenton, Brunswick, and New York | From Benjamin Franklin to the Committees of Trenton … | 1776-02-13 | ALS : Williams College Library The Bearer John Grace has the Care of a Ton of Gunpowder sent by... |
44525 | Lee, Arthur | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [Arthur Lee], 13 February … | 1776-02-13 | AL : National Archives; copies: National Archives; copy: University of Virginia Library This is... |
44526 | Priestley, Joseph | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 13 February … | 1776-02-13 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I lament this unhappy war, as on more serious accounts, so... |
44527 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | The Committee of Secret Correspondence: a Report to … | ≈1776-02-01 | AD : National Archives The invasion of Canada, authorized by Congress in June, 1775, had begun in... | |
44528 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Charter Party between the Secret Committee and Joseph … | 1776-02-14 | Copy (microfilm): University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill <February 14, 1776: The... | |
44529 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Contract between the Secret Committee and Silas Deane … | 1776-02-19 | Copy: South Carolina Historical Society; copy: Connecticut Historical Society We normally... | |
44530 | Franklin, Benjamin | Lee, Charles | From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Lee, 19 February 1776 | 1776-02-19 | One page reproduced in facsimile in Samuel T. Freeman sales catalogue, February 17, 1947, p. 7;... |
44531 | Editorial Note on the Design of Continental Paper … | 1776-02-21 | On June 22–23, 1775, Congress authorized the issuance of $2,000,000 in bills of credit, and... | ||
44532 | Goforth, William | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Goforth, 22[-23] … | ≈1776-02-22 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I have been informd that it is a Custom in the polite world... |
44533 | Gates, Horatio | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Horatio Gates, 23 February … | 1776-02-23 | ALS : American Philosophical Society This will be deliverd to you by The Baron de Woedtkee, who... |
44534 | Hartley, David | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [David Hartley], 24 February … | 1776-02-24 | ALS : American Philosophical Society; transcript: Library of Congress It is so long since I have... |
44535 | Franklin, Benjamin | Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly | From Benjamin Franklin to the Speaker of the … | 1776-02-26 | Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania... |
44536 | Williams, Jonathan Sr. | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Sr., 1 … | 1776-03-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Agreeable to your desire I now inclose your Acct. Drawn in... |
44537 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Deane, Silas | The Committee of Secret Correspondence: Certificate for … | 1776-03-02 | DS : Connecticut Historical Society; DS : Library of Congress; copy: South Carolina Historical... |
44538 | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Deane, Silas | The Committee of Secret Correspondence: Instructions to … | 1776-03-02 | Copy: Connecticut Historical Society; copy: Yale University Library; copy: South Carolina... |
44539 | Franklin, Benjamin | Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric | From Benjamin Franklin to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric … | 1776-03-02 | Reprinted from The Port Folio , III , (1803), 214. I wrote to you lately by Mr. Story, and since... |
44540 | Pennsylvania Committee of Safety | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Pennsylvania Committee of … | 1776-03-04 | LS : National Archives In order to carry into execution the Resolve of Congress for the... |
44541 | Franklin, Benjamin | Proposed Alterations in William Smith’s Oration on … | ≈1776-02-19 | AD : Historical Society of Pennsylvania On February 19, 1776, William Smith, Provost of the... | |
44542 | Franklin, Benjamin | Roberdeau, Daniel | From Benjamin Franklin to Daniel Roberdeau, 6 March … | 1776-03-06 | ALS : University of Indiana Library The Congress desire a Return to be made to them of the Powder... |
44543 | Franklin, Benjamin | Schuyler, Philip | From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 11 March … | 1776-03-11 | ALS : New York Public Library The Congress have appointed three Commissioners to go to Canada, of... |
44544 | Congress | Franklin, Benjamin | Instructions and Commission from Congress to Franklin … | 1776-03-20 | I: Copy, National Archives; II: DS , Yale University Library; copy, National Archives. On... |
44545 | Cooper, Samuel | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Cooper, [21 March … | 1776-03-21 | ALS : American Philosophical Society It is too long since I wrote to any of my Friends your way,... |
44546 | Franklin, Benjamin | Proposed Preamble to a Congressional Resolution on … | ≈1775-12-01 | Copy: Library of Congress On March 23, 1776, in response to petitions from merchants, Congress... | |
44547 | Franklin, Benjamin | Bowdoin, James | From Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, 24 March 1776 | 1776-03-24 | ALS : Massachusetts Historical Society Inclos’d is an Answer to the Request from the Inhabitants... |
44548 | Barbeu-Dubourg, Jacques | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, [24 … | 1776-03-24 | Extract: National Archives This paragraph extracted and translated from Dubourg’s letter, the... |
44549 | Franklin, Benjamin | Alexander, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Alexander, 27 March … | 1776-03-27 | ALS : New-York Historical Society I received your obliging Letter some Days since at Philada. but... |
44550 | Franklin, Benjamin | Todd, Anthony | From Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Todd, 29 March 1776 | 1776-03-29 | ALS : Public Record Office; copy; American Philosophical Society Being here in my Way to Canada... |
44551 | Franklin, Benjamin | Williams, Jonathan Jr. | From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, Jr., 29 … | 1776-03-29 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I have not written to you for some time, partly from the... |
44552 | Barclay, David Junior | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from David Barclay, 31 March 1776 | 1776-03-31 | ALS : American Philosophical Society This letter was written, a modern scholar has suggested, at... |
44553 | Franklin, Benjamin | Heath, William | The Commissioners to Canada to [William Heath], 5 April … | 1776-04-05 | ALS : National Archives We this Evening arrived here, and from Curiosity Mr. Chase and Mr.... |
44554 | Schuyler, Philip | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Philip Schuyler, 13 April … | 1776-04-13 | ALS and copy: National Archives The lake is open in so many places that I am of opinion you may... |
44555 | Franklin, Benjamin | Hancock, John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Hancock, 13 April 1776 | 1776-04-13 | ALS : National Archives We have been here some Days waiting for General Schuyler’s Orders to... |
44556 | Franklin, Benjamin | Quincy, Josiah, Sr. | From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah Quincy, Sr., 15 April … | 1776-04-15 | ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania I am here on my Way to Canada, detain’d by the present... |
44557 | Franklin, Benjamin | Schuyler, Philip | From Benjamin Franklin to Philip Schuyler, 17 April … | 1776-04-17 | AL : New York Public Library We are all concern’d to hear of your Indisposition, and join in... |
44558 | Hancock, John | Commissioners to Canada | John Hancock to the Commissioners to Canada, 26 April … | 1776-04-26 | ALS (draft): National Archives The late Disturbances in Canada, owing to an Insurrection of a... |
44559 | Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric | Committee of Secret Correspondence | Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to the Committee of … | ≈1776-04-30 | AL and copy: National Archives; letterbook draft: Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Hague. J’ai reçu le... |
44560 | Commissioners to Canada | Hancock, John | The Commissioners to Canada to John Hancock, 1 May 1776 | 1776-05-01 | LS : National Archives After some difficulty and delay in getting thro’ the ice of Lake George,... |
44561 | Commissioners to Canada | Schuyler, Philip | The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 1 May … | 1776-05-01 | ALS : Robert B. Gillespie, Lake Forest, Ill. (1973) We arrived here on Monday last, and have... |
44562 | Hazard, Ebenezer | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Ebenezer Hazard, 3 May 1776 | 1776-05-03 | ALS : American Philosophical Society We have no News here, except that the last Phila. Post... |
44563 | Commissioners to Canada | Schuyler, Philip | The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 4 May … | 1776-05-04 | LS : Yale University Library Having orders from Congress to enquire into the case of John Fraser... |
44564 | Commissioners to Canada | Hancock, John | The Commissioners to Canada to [John Hancock], 6 May … | 1776-05-06 | LS and copy: National Archives In our letter of the 1st. instant, we informed you of the lowness... |
44565 | Commissioners to Canada | Schuyler, Philip | The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 6 May … | 1776-05-06 | LS : New York Public Library General Arnold thinking the publick interest would be better... |
44566 | Thomas, John | Commissioners to Canada | John Thomas to the Commissioners to Canada, 7 May 1776 | 1776-05-07 | Reprinted from Peter Force, ed., American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick... |
44567 | Bache, Richard | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Bache, 7 May 1776 | 1776-05-07 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I am favored by yours of the 18th. Ultimo from Lake George;... |
44568 | Commissioners to Canada | Hancock, John | The Commissioners to Canada to [John Hancock], 8 May … | 1776-05-08 | ALS : National Archives With this You will receive Copies of our two preceding Letters. We find... |
44569 | Commissioners to Canada | Hancock, John | The Commissioners to Canada to John Hancock, 10 May … | 1776-05-10 | LS : National Archives By Col: Campbell, who arrived here early this morning from Quebeck, we are... |
44570 | Commissioners to Canada | Schuyler, Philip | The Commissioners to Canada to Philip Schuyler, 10 May … | 1776-05-10 | LS : New York Public Library; copy: Library of Congress Colo. Campbell arrived here early this... |