George W. Erving presented TJ with restrikes of the medals honoring Colonel William washington, John paul jones, and others in 1823 (TJ to Erving, [12] Apr. 1823; Stein, Worlds description begins Susan R. Stein, The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, 1993 description ends , 245–7). While in France, TJ oversaw the production of some commemorative medals, and on arriving in New York in 1790 he delivered a set to George Washington (PTJ description begins Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1950– , 38 vols. description ends , 16:53–79). Benjamin franklin began designing the Libertas Americana medal in 1782 and commissioned it the following year to celebrate the American alliance with France (Franklin, Papers description begins Leonard W. Labaree and others, eds., The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, 1959– , 40 vols. description ends , 36:lviii–lix, 644; Mease, “Description of some of the Medals, Struck in relation to Important Events in North America, before and since the Declaration of Independence by the United States,” in Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, 3d ser., 4 [1834]: 307). On 3 Nov. 1780 the Continental Congress resolved that New York militiamen John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart should receive silver medals for their role in the capture of Major John andré, a British spy (Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 [1904–37], 18:1009–10; Mease, “Description of some of the Medals,” 303–5).