1To Benjamin Franklin from John Shuttleworth, [14 August 1782] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Since I had the honor of conversing with you, it has occurred to me, that much of the expence, danger of capture, and inconvenience attending my intended voyage would be prevented by going to New York: the difficulty of getting from thence to Maryland seems, to me, to be that of being received into General Washington’s lines; I have been a little acquainted...
2To Benjamin Franklin from John Shuttleworth, 17 August 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library My Servt. will waite your leisure for the papers you are so good to give me and for any letter or letters you may please to commit to my care. Permit me once more to acknowledge your very great civillities and to assure you that I shall ever remember them with gratitude I remain Dr Sir Yr most obedt: Servt Addressed: Doctor Franklin / Plassy Notation:...
3To George Washington from John Shuttleworth, 22 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to inform your Excellency that I arrived here in the Packet from England on Tuesday last. That I left Annapolis, where I was resident near five years as Physician to Govr Eden, about two years preceding the present dispute, to which place I am now on my return. Permit me to solicit your Excellency’s passport to Maryland. This letter will be conveyed to your Excellency by the first...
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Shuttleworth, 24 November 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Your Excellency will do me a very essential Service if you will be pleased to inform His Excellency William Paca Esqr. our Governor that when I had the honor of a conversation with you at Plassy in June 1782 relative to my own affairs and those of Mr Harford I told you it was my intention to serve in the army of the united states in the line of my...