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Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1783 May 9; Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26022
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. London. Intended to return to Passy and then go on to Nantes, but found a good opportunity to embark on a vessel sailing for America.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; International travel; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-05-09; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1780 May 6; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24967
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Wishes to know how the remainder of the clothing is to be shipped.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Commerce; Finance, Personal--United States; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-05-06; 2022

Title: Smith, William S. to an armorer, undated; Smith, William S. to Armorer
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:22635
Description: Letter from WIlliam S. Smith. Order to repair the bearer's musket.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Smith, William S.
Date: undated; 2022

Title: Foster, Joseph to Michael Gratz, 1763-1791; Unidentified
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:15143
Description: 35 collected letters between Michael Gratz, Bernard Gratz, and Joseph Foster. A significant portion of the correspondence is in Yiddish.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Colonial companies; Finance, Personal--United States; Jews--United States--History; Foster, Joseph; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
Date: 1763-1791; 2021

Title: Mumford, Gurdon Saltonstall to William Temple Franklin, 1782 May 16; Mumford, Gurdon Saltonstall, 1764-1831. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26569
Description: Letter from Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford to William Temple Franklin. Concerning money due from Capt. William Robeson.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Mumford, Gurdon Saltonstall, 1764-1831; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-05-16; 2022

Title: Receipt signed by Edward Shippen Jr.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:17026
Description: A receipt of twenty dollars signed by Joseph Shippen Jr.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Economy; Receipts (Acknowledgments); United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Finance, Personal--United States; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789
Date: 1781; 2022

Title: Robeson, William to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 8; Robeson, William. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26440
Description: Letter from William Robeson to William Temple Franklin. Promises to remit money due him and Mr. Raymond.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Robeson, William; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-08; 2022

Title: Fox, George to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 10; Fox, George, 1759-1828. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27345
Description: Letter from George Fox to William Temple Franklin. Valenciennes. Have had to stop on their journey to Brussels, owing to excessive fatigue. Have not been in bed since they left Paris.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Fox, George, 1759-1828; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-10; 2022

Title: Walker, L. to George Gray, 1778 December 30; Walker to George Gray
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:22694
Description: Letter from George Gray. Order to shoe his horse.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Gray, George
Date: 1778-12-30; 2022

Title: Simon, Joseph to Michael Gratz, 1777-1794; Simon, Joseph
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:14479
Description: 18 collected letters between Michael Gratz and Joseph Simons. Contains several ledgers and receipts.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Colonial companies; Finance, Personal--United States; Jews--United States--History; Simon, Joseph, [1712-1805]; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
Date: 1777-1794; 2021

Title: Yeates, Jasper correspondence, 1774; General business correspondence
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16832
Description: 3 letters comprising general business correspondence of Jasper Yeates. Some of the letters are written by Edward Shippen IV to Jasper discussing financial matters.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Economy; Finance, Personal--United States; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions
Date: 1774; 2022

Title: Franklin, Benjamin Wastebook, 1785-1787; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Wastebook
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27363
Description: This volume was kept by Benjamin Franklin and there is a small notice, in his hand, pasted to a page: "B.F.s Private Acc[oun]ts." It consists of 18 pages recording payment of taxes, purchase of stockings, hats, bookcases, thermometer, hams, etc., servants wages, etc. Franklin's French expenses are on the first two pages under dates of December 1776-April 1777. At the end of the volume is an index and several pages of accounts with the Congress, William Temple Franklin, Caffieri, etc.; Several blank pages throughout volume were not scanned.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Finance, Personal--United States; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, 1725-1792; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; United States. Congress
Date: 1785-1787; 2023

Title: Receipt, 1783 January 6; Bill/Receipt: Jacobs Hiltzheimer to Morris, Payment Received by D. Hiltzheimer
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:15892
Description: Receipt from Jacob Hiltzheimer to Gouverneur Morris for horse keeping. States that the horse will be kept from the 6th of July 1782 to the same date in the next month. Payment Received by D. Hiltzheimer.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Finance, Personal--United States; Horse boarding facilities; Hiltzheimer, Jacob
Date: 1783-01-06; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1780 May 4; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25290
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Encloses a draft.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Commerce; Finance, Personal--United States; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-05-04; 2022

Title: Franklin, William Temple to William Trent, 1776 May 14; B F861.1. Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823. Letter to William Trent
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12504
Description: Letter from William Franklin Temple to William Trent discussing an exchange of money.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Trent, William, 1715-1787
Date: 1776-03-14; 2021

Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 February 05; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12213
Description: Richard Bache writes to Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia about the movements of the Continental and British Armies. He writes that Franklin's library was sent to Bethlehem, he also writes about financial affairs related to Franklin. Bache mentions that Franklin's daughter, Sarah (Sally) and their children, are now living in two rooms of a farmhouse in Goshen in Chester County.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Finance, Personal--United States; Family life--18th century
Date: 1777-02-05; 2022

Title: Vaux, George, V to Richard Vaux, 1781 March 12
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12780
Description: Letter from George Vaux V to his brother Richard in which George provides updates to his business and also offers Richard medical advice.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Medicine--United States--History--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803; Vaux, Richard, 1751-1790; Vaux family
Date: 1781-03-12; 2022

Title: Prevon to William Temple Franklin, 1780 January 18; Prevon, -----.to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24681
Description: Letter from Prevon to William Temple Franklin. Asks him to see that M. Le Ray de Chaumont pays the bill for the wood.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; Finance, Personal--United States; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-01-18; 2022

Title: Vaux, Richard to James Vaux, 1780 January 22
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12738
Description: Letter from Richard Vaux to his brother James discussing business. Richard also mentions having been absent from some time while he was in Antigua.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Commercial Family life--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; International travel; Vaux, Richard, 1751-1790; Vaux, James, 1748-1842; Vaux family
Date: 1780-01-22; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1783 March 22; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27224
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Refers to receipt of two drafts of Dr. Franklin on Nathaniel Braley and Frederick Buscalier. Remarks on French export commerce to the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Commerce; International trade--18th century; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-03-22; 2022