14591Editorial Note on Promissory Notes, 1781 (Franklin Papers)
The supply of promissory note forms that Franklin had printed in February, 1780, was depleted as of mid-April, 1781, when L’Air de Lamotte resumed writing notes by hand. On May 8, Lamotte wrote a set for “Jno” Kerlin, who signed for five louis (120 l.t. ). This is the only recorded payment to a prisoner for the month of May. By June 9, a new set of forms had been printed. Samuel Snow, Nicholas...
14592Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts (Franklin Papers)
The following accounts, identified in earlier volumes, continue to apply to the current period: VI and VII ( XXIII , 21); XVII ( XXVI , 3); XIX and XXII ( XXVIII , 3–4); XXV, XXVII ( XXXII , 3–4); XXX ( XXXVI , 3); XXXI ( XXXVIII , 3). We offer here a summary of entries that have not found a place elsewhere in our annotation but provide insights into Franklin’s private and public life. Account...
14593Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts (Franklin Papers)
The following accounts, identified in previous volumes, cover the period of this volume: VI and VII ( XXIII , 21); XVII ( XXXVI , 3); XIX and XXII ( XXVIII , 3–4); XXV, XXVII ( XXXII , 3–4); XXX ( XXXVI , 3). We offer here a summary of items that have not found a place elsewhere in our annotation but provide insights into Franklin’s private and public life. Account XVII (Franklin’s Private...
14594Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts (Franklin Papers)
The following previously identified accounts cover the period of this volume: VI and VII ( XXIII , 21); XVII ( XXVI , 3); XXV, XXVII ( XXXII , 3–4); XXX ( XXXVI , 3). We offer here a summary of entries that have not found a place elsewhere in annotation but provide insights into Franklin’s private and public life. Account XVII (Franklin’s Private Accounts with Ferdinand Grand, XXVI , 3)...
14595Editorial Note on Promissory Notes (Franklin Papers)
Six months after the last known promissory note was signed at Passy (February, 1784 , another American seaman, presumably a released captive, arrived at Franklin’s door and begged for assistance. Five more Americans and one German who had served in the American army would follow over the next few months. All received loans on behalf of the United States and signed triplicate forms promising to...
14596Editorial Note on Applicants for Emigration (Franklin Papers)
For the period of the present volume, letters survive from ten individuals who wished to emigrate to the United States themselves, and one who wrote on behalf of a friend. Answers to six applicants have been located: Franklin discouraged two of them altogether, encouraged one to go elsewhere, referred another to church authorities, and sent copies of “Information to Those Who Would Remove to...