1To Benjamin Franklin from Charles-Guillaume-Frederic Dumas, 4 August 1776 (Franklin Papers)
AL : (letterbook draft ): Algemeen Rijksarchief, the Hague A Gentleman belonging to Jam[aica] a particular friend of Dr. B.F., and very well known to him (je me sers de ces propres termes et il m’a assuré que vous le reconnoîtrez à ce signalement sans avoir besoin que je vous declare son nom) m’a chargé de bouche de lui écrire le plutôt possible pour . . . communes. Pour meilleure intelligence...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Ray Greene, 4 August 1776 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society It would be Ungrateful in me not to Acknoqledge the many Obligations I am Under to you and my Good Granmah Mecom by so good an opportunity as this. Pappa and Mammah had thoughts of taking me with them. My mamma wrote you of my getting home well or I should Certainly have done it as I know you thought of me. We had a very Pleasent journey I saw some of my...