1From John Adams to Francis Dana, 24 March 1783 (Adams Papers)
I have received your favor of 14 th. February —and am not without hopes of receiving from Congress, in a few days, directions for advancing the money to you: But five thousand Pounds sterling is an enormous sum, and, in the opinion of some, more than the Treaty, in the present Circumstances will be worth. D r: Franklin started to me a doubt, whether you had not been imposed upon, and told of a...
2From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 24 March 1783 (Adams Papers)
I am very much obliged to you for your excellent Letter of the 14 of this Month. As The British Administration have made it their Business for 8 or 10 Years, to propagate in the Nation false News from America, and conceal the true, it is not Surprising that People are in Ignorance: But they must think seriously and inform themselves truly, now, or they will be the Loosers. I regret the Delays...
3Alexander Hamilton and William Floyd to George Clinton, [24 March 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
We have the happiness to inform your Excellency that yesterday arrived the Triumph a Cutter from Cadiz, with letters from the Marquis La Fayette announc⟨ing⟩ the certainty of the preliminaries of a general peace signed between all the belligerent powers the 20th. of January. There are letters from the Count D’Estaing to the French Minister to the same effect, and an instruction from him to the...
4From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [24 March 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
Your Excellency will before this reaches you have received a letter from the Marquis De la Fayette informing you that the preliminaries of peace between all the belligerent powers have been concluded. I congratulate your Excellency on this happy conclusion of your labours. It now only remains to make solid establishments within to perpetuate our union to prevent our being a ball in the hands...
Mr. Hamilton said that whilst he despised the man who wd. enslave himself to the policy even of our Friends, he could not but lament the overweening readiness which appeared in many, to suspect every thing on that side & to throw themselves into the bosom of our enemies. He urged the necessity of vindicating our public honor by renouncing that concealment to which it was the wish of so many to...
6To Benjamin Franklin from the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, [24 March 1783] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Le Duc de la Rochefoucauld a l’honneur d’envoyer à Monsieur franklyn le projet de lettre convenue hier: peut être y manquerat-il quelquechose pour la forme, mais Monsieur franklyn la corrigera. Il Sera bon qu’il la remette lui même demain à M. le Cte. de Vergennes, ou du moins qu’il lui en parle pour accélérer l’expedition. Le Duc de la Rochefoucauld a...
7From Benjamin Franklin to Vergennes, 24 March 1783 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; draft: American Philosophical Society Je desirerois, Monsieur le Comte, faire imprimer la Traduction du Livre des Constitutions des Etats-Unis de l’Amerique publié en 1781 à Philadephie par Ordre du Congrès Général; plusieurs de ces Constitutions ont dèja paru dans le Journal des Affaires de l’Angleterre et de l’Amerique, d’autres ont déja...
8To Benjamin Franklin from Herman Heyman’s Sons, 24 March 1783 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society We are under great Obligation to your Excelency to honour us with an answer on our Letter by your Excelency much esteemed favor of the 10th Curt., by which we perceive with great Satisfaction that our new establishing House in Nord America may expect the best reception there, and that no Recommandation to the Government to Protect it, is necessary. We find...
9To Benjamin Franklin from John Penn, 24 March 1783 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Mr. Penn presents his Compts: to Mr. Franklin & has sent his Servt: for the Letters He did Him the honor to promise him. He means to leave Paris as soon as the Bearer returns.— The letters included BF ’s recommendation of Penn to John Dickinson, March 23, above; as Penn was first traveling to England, he also carried BF ’s personal letters to friends...
10General Orders, 24 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Lansdale B.Q.M. Jersey Brigade It is recommended to the troops to make regimental Gardens for the purpose of raising Greens & vegetables for their own use—And in order to collect a sufficient quantity of seeds, Commanding officers of regiments will give passes to as many trusty soldiers as they may Judge necessary to go into the Country, and be absent, not exceeding...