To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 13 July 1781
From John Jay
Copy: Library of Congress
Madrid 13. July 1781.
Dear Sir,
I have received your Favor8 respecting the Pump at aldgate.
I have since (two Days Ago) recd. Letters from Congress assuring me that no further Bills shall be drawn upon me.9
These Dispatches have given me so much Business that I am obliged to desire Mr. Carm1 to write you the News, and to assure you without further additions to this Letter that I am most sincerely, Your aff. obliged Friend & Servant.
(signed) John Jay.
His Excelly. Doctr. Franklin.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
8. Of June 30, above.
9. This probably refers to the congressional resolution of April 27, 1781, that no more bills drawn on Jay or Henry Laurens would be sold: JCC, XX, 451.
1. Carmichael, whose letter is immediately above.