Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 15 April 1778

The American Commissioners to Samuel Tucker

ALS:7 Harvard University Library; copy: Massachusetts Historical Society

Passy, near Paris Ap. 15. 1778

Sir

We this Moment had the Pleasure of your Letter from Bourdeaux of Ap. 11. and approve of your Activity in getting your Ship ready for Sea.

We have this Day dispatched to Captain Palmes your Orders for your future Government,8 and shall write this Day to Mr. Bondfield to supply you with all necessary Provisions, and are your very humble servants

B Franklin
Arthur Lee
John Adams

Captn. Tucker.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

7. In Adams’ hand.

8. In their letter to Tucker of April 13.

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    Title
    The American Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 15 April 1778
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Tucker, Samuel
    Date
    15 April 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 15 April 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0234. [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, pp. 295–296.]