1From Benjamin Franklin to the Duchesse de Deux-Ponts, [after 26 June 1779] (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): University of Pennsylvania Library I received my dear Friend’s kind Present of the Scissors, which are exactly what I wanted, & besides their Usefulness to me have a great additional Value by the Hand from which they came. It is true that I can now neither walk abroad nor write at home without having something that may remind me of your Goodness towards me; you might have added,...
2June 26 Saturday. (Adams Papers)
June 26 Saturday.
3From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, [26 June 1779] (Hamilton Papers)
I beg leave to trouble you with two matters, which if your ideas correspond with mine I doubt not you will employ your influence to effect. One respects Col Malcolm and perhaps may be conducive to the interest of the public—the other respects Mr De Neuville and is only interesting to the feelings of an individual, who if I am not mistaken, with proper allowances for the peculiarities of his...
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Bondfield, 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Captain John Green arrived here the 23d Inst. to which port he had been carried by a privateer that took him on his passage from Philadelphia, he destroy’d all his Letters & papers these miscarriages cruelly suspend the execution of the proposed Operations of our friends on the other side whose disapointments as well as Loss’s come heavy. A Courier from...
5To Benjamin Franklin from the Duchesse de Deux-Ponts, 26 [June] 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Je fait demander a Monsieur francklin des Nouvelles de sa santes, ses ordres pour Lalemagne, et La Lorraine, et sil a recue Les Ciseaux que jai eut Lhoneur de Lui envoyér il y a quelques jour Addressed: a monsieur / Monsieur francklin / Ministre des etats unis / a La Cour de france / a passis She had sent the scissors mentioned in this letter on Sunday,...
6To Benjamin Franklin from John G. Frazer, 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society You will please to excuse me for taking the liberty of inclosing to you a Letter from one of our unfortunate countrymen, now a prisioner at Aix in Provence, he wou’d be very happy to obtain his liberty and return to his native Country, (Virginia) he is a young Gentleman of very good Family and Fortune in that Country—and is very capable of rendering some...
7To Benjamin Franklin from Ralph and Alice Izard, 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. & Mrs. Izard present their Compliments to Dr. Franklin, & will have the honour of waiting on him to dinner on Monday the 5th. of July.— Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur Franklin / Ministre Plenipotentiaire / des Etats Unis de l’Amerique / à Passy.— In the husband’s hand.
8To Benjamin Franklin from Le Couteulx & Cie., 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Nous avons l’honneur de vous remettre avec la presente une lettre de Mrs. P: M: de Murquia et Isidore de la Torre Membres de la Compie. des Assurances de Cadiz. Quoique nous pensions inutile de joindre nos Sollicitations a celles de ces Messieurs pour vous determiner a acquiescer a leur demande, nous venons vous prier de vouloir bien appuier leurs...
9To Benjamin Franklin from Arthur Lee, 26 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr A. Lee returns his Compts to Dr. Franklin; & will have the honor of waiting upon him on the 5th. of July. Mr Lee will be very much obligd to Dr. Franklin, if he will order an authenticated copy to be made for him, of the Letter, from the Commissioners, to Count de Vergennes, on the agreement with Hortalez & Co., dated Passi Sepr. 10th. 1778 with a copy of...
10To 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...