48361To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Durand neveu, 15 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Dans une lettre de messieurs Les freres reycend Libraires a turin, jay recu Le petit Billet cy inclus, que je joins a la presente. Les mauvais temp, et mes incommodites mont empeche Daller moy meme faire cette commission. Comme je prevois ecire Lundy a turin, je vous prie de me faire savoir au dos de ce Billet, La reponse que je dois faire. Jay Lhonheur...
48362To Benjamin Franklin from John Fletcher, 15 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Not having the Honr. of being personaly Known to you I beg leave to aquaint you, that I am the person who Commanded the Carteel Brigt. Temple which Arivd. at Bristol from Boston in August Last since which time my Name has been handed to you through mr Henery Broomfield who was with you about 10 weeks since, on some busness in which I was princapally...
48363To Benjamin Franklin from Pierre-Jean Grosley, 15 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Grosley qui n’a point perdu le souvenir du plaisir qu’il a eû de voir à Londres Monsieur francklin chez Le Dr. Pringle á ses conversations de Pall-mall, desireroit trés fort de se renouveller dans le plaisir. Il auroit à l’entretenir du sujet d’un Mém. dont il a les materiaux prets pour La soc. Royle. de Londres; et il saisiroit avec le plus vif...
48364To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Lafargue: Bill and Memoir, [15 January 1781] (Franklin Papers)
(I) and (II) D : American Philosophical Society La Delafargue a servi Monsieur DIne [Deane] place Louis Quinze, en qualité de Cuisiniere pendant treise mois Et quatre Jours a compter du 5 May 1777 quelle Est Entrée a son service ainsi qu’a Celuy de Monsieur franclin ou Elle a pris la place de la Pilé Cuisiniere aux mêmes gages quelle avoit, et ou il y avoit beaucoup de travail, ayant été...
48365To Benjamin Franklin from George Washington, 15 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; draft: Library of Congress; copy: American Philosophical Society I have the honor of addressing this letter to you by Colonel Laurens, one of my Aid De Camps, whom Congress has been pleased to Commission for particular purposes to the Court of Versailles.— Justice to the character of this Gentleman conspiring with motives of friendship will...
48366General Orders, 15 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . On this date, GW’s aide-de-camp David Humphreys wrote Q.M. Gen. Timothy Pickering from New Windsor: “His Excellency has received such intelligence as induces him to direct the preparations, which were making for Marching the Detachment to be discontinued: you will be pleased therefore, to Order the Horses (should any have been brought in), to be returned, & that no...
48367From George Washington to Sarah Franklin Bache, 15 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I should have done myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter you did me the favor to write on the 26th of December, at the moment it came to hand, had not some affairs of a very unusual Nature (which are too recent and notorious to require explanation) engaged my whole attention —I pray you now to be perswaded, that a sense of the patriotic exertions of yourself, and the Ladies...
48368To George Washington from Thomas Chittenden, 15 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am exceeding unhappy when I view the critical Situation of the Interest of the United States, and the great Evils which attend the people in this Quarter, by the unhappy internal Broils and Contentions caused by the Disputes between them and the several adjacent States, which prevents that Line of Correspondence with Your Excellency, necessary to make the Common Inter[e]st become mutual, And...
48369To George Washington from George Clinton, 15 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am unhappy to learn by your Excellency’s Letter of the 13th (which was delivered me late yesterday Evening) that the Accounts from the Pensylvania Troops are not so favorable as they were last represented —I have not for some considerable Time had occassion to call upon the Militia most contiguous to the Posts in the Highlands & I may therefore be deceived with respect to their present...
48370To George Washington from Brigadier General James Clinton, 15 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have been honor’d with your Excellency’s two favours of the 19th & 26th Ultimo. I wish it were in my power to inform your Excellency that our supplies in this Quarter were either more regular, or our prospects more flattering than they are. But a general deficiency of every article necessary for the Troops is the melancholy Fact—I have repeatedly and in the most pressing terms applied to the...