1To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 5 April 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Being Established here about twelve Months and finding I have Acquired Business and Consequence in this Place Suffitient to Enable me to render your Excely. or the Honourable Cause you are Imploy’d in, any Services that May be Required on this Part of the Coast of Spain, I think it My duty to Make you A Tender of My Services and to Assure Your Excy. that...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I find Myself under the Necessety of Troubling your Excellency to Inform you, that Notwithstanding I have Every time that the foraigne Merchants Established here ware Called by the Governour to Declare of what Nation they ware, always declared and Subscribed Myself a Subject of the Thirteen United States of North America yet Yesterday on A proclamation of...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 6 July 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the Honour of Addressing your Eccelly the 26th: ulto. advising that by the officious Impertinence of the Assesor to this Governour I had been Arrested and my House Embargoed, notwithstanding I had Presented my Certificat and Pasport, Given by the Plenipotentiarys of the united States residing at Paris, and also proved that I had always Subscribed my...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 12 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the Honour of writing your Excely. the 29th June Advising that the Governour of Alicante had on the Declaration of the war Against England, Embargoed my house and put me under an Arrest until he Should know his Majesty’s Pleasure Concerning the Americans, and I Shortly after wrote you that the Minester of State el Conde de Florida Blanca on hearing...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 24 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the honour of writing Your Eccelly. from Madrid advising that I had by the Malicious asertation of a wretch in this place been ordered to return 20 Leagues inland and that I expected to have an Interview next day with the Minester of State, in which I succeeded so well on account of a letter you ware already pleased to write in my favour that he...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, [between 1 October and 12 October 1779] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Presuming on the aquaintance I had the Honour of having with your good Self as well as with Mr Adams at Passy in Sept 78 I Without Invitation Addressed your Eccellancy the 26th of June last Advising that I had been Confounded amongst the English houses here and put under Arrest with them having My Effects Embargoed by the Governour on the first Notice of a...
7From Benjamin Franklin to Robert Montgomery, 28 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society; copy: Library of Congress When you first wrote to me of the Vexations you received at Alicant, I communicated your Letter to M. le Comte d’Aranda, requesting his Interposition for your Relief. He let me understand (thro’ M. Grand) that there was no doubt but you would receive it from the Court, as soon as it should be known that you were an American. This I...
8To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 3 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Tho I have Not been honor’d with an Answer to any of My Respects to your Eccel: Since the begining of the War with Great Britain, yet I See with Pleasure that you have not Entirely dispised my Representations, and find you have Condecended to write Several times in my favour to the Conde de Floridablanca, Minister of State at this Court, Who by Order of his...
9To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Montgomery, 20 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Beg Lave to Refer your Eccellency to My Respects of the 2d Currt. Which Inclosed Copy of the Count de Floridablanca’s Letter to this Governour in My favour. And Since ’am Honourd by your Truly Esteemd of the 28th: Ulto. And ’am to Return you My Sincerest Thanks for the Attention you ware Pleased to Shew to my former Requests in your Interceeding with the...
10From Benjamin Franklin to Robert Montgomery, 26 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I am glad to learn by yours of the 3d. Instant, that you are at length quieted in your situation at Allicant by the favour of his Catholic Majesty. I hope nothing will happen hereafter, neither on your part nor any other; that may give occasion to disturb you afresh and interrupt your Business. It is long since we have had any authentic News from america, We know...