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Title: Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 February 1
Identifier(s): text:194639
Description: Has given a note of introduction to a Mr. Delon who came to Nice with Lord Cholmondeley as his companion or preceptor. Probably desires to bring about a meeting between Lord Cholmondeley and Franklin. Particulars about the young Lord and his Mentor. Surmises as to their real object in wishing to meet Franklin. Her health continues to improve. Her Husband being no longer under the evil influence of a certain person shows her every kindness and attention.
Subject: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824; Nice (France)
Date: 1782-02-01

Title: Moylan, Stephen to William Bartlett, 1775 November 15; No. 983 Stephen Moylan to William Bartlett
Identifier(s): text:353471
Description: Requests that he purchase claret that is aboard a schooner from Ireland, remarks that the wine probably will sell cheaply "as it is a Liquor not much used in this country," and mentions that part of the claret is for Gen. [Israel] Putnam.
Creator: Moylan, Stephen, 1737-1811et al
Subject: Wine and wine making--France--Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine); Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
Date: 1775-11-15; 2023

Title: Presidents march and Ca ira.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 P92
Description: Sheet music for Benjamin Carr's keyboard arrangements of the French Revolution anthem "C̦a Ira" printed alongside "The President's March", written for George Washington's inauguration and later used as a national anthem known as "Hail Columbia",; Inscribed on verso" This opportunity George Rose".
Creator: Phile, Philip, -1793; Bécourt
Subject: Phile, Philip, -1793. President's march; C̦a Ira; France--Revolution, 1792-1795
Date: circa 1793

Title: Bill of lading for merchandise; No. 150 Bills of lading for merchandise
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:936
Description: Bills of lading for merchandise shipped by James Moylan to John Brown in Philadelphia.; Printed form; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Cain, Alexanderet al
Subject: Economy; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Brown, John; Moylan, James
Date: 1781-09-27; 2020

Title: United States. Congress to Louis XVI, 1782 June 13; U.S. Congress. to Louis XVI
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12084
Description: Congress sends an official letter of condolence to Louis XVI on the death of his daughter, Princess Sophia Philippina Elizabeth Justina of France.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794; Sophie de France, 1734-1782
Date: 1782-06-13; 2022

Title: Morris, Robert to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 September 27; No. 965 Robert Morris to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): text:353379
Description: Encloses copies [not present] of the Congressional resolutions of 14 and 23 Sept. and instructs him in detail regarding the loan from France; points out that although the English prejudice against the French had taken deep root in the minds of Americans, the conduct of Britain has resulted in American attachments being transferred from Britain to France; complains about the smallness of the sum raised through taxation and that in order to remain popular, American leaders support the people's opposition to taxation: "The love of Popularity is our endemical Disease."; "4th [Copy)"
Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806et al
Subject: Taxation; Loans; Great Britain--Relations--France; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1782-09-27; 2023

Title: Napoleon, undated.
Identifier(s): text:271618
Subject: Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; France--Foreign relations--1789-1815; Poland--History
Date: undated

Title: One penny-worth of truth, from Thomas Bull to his brother John.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 J7202
Description: Religious arguments against ideas of Thomas Paine and his followers, Richard Price and the French Revolution.; Bookseller's advertisement on verso includes other broadsides, responses to Paine's Rights of Man and the George Chalmers-Francis Oldys biography of Paine.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793; France--Revolution, 1792-1795; Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Date: 1792

Title: One penny-worth of truth from Thomas Bull to his brother John.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 J7201
Description: Religious arguments against ideas of Thomas Paine and his followers, Richard Price and the French Revolution.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793; France--Revolution, 1792-1795; Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Date: 1792

Title: Speech delivered from the chair of the Court of Session, by the Lord President, in name of the Court, to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 Sp3
Description: Campbell's response to ideas and activities of Scottish reformers and their "spirit of sedition".; Was published in: Association for preserving liberty and property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England). 1793. Association papers. Part I. Publications printed by special order of the Society for preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers, ... Part II. A collection of tracts, ... To which are prefixed, a preface, and the proceedings of the Society. Addressed to all the loyal associations. London: printed for J. Sewell; J. Debrett; J. Downes; Hookham and Carpenter; T. N. Longman; and W. Lane.
Creator: Campbell, Ilay, Sir, 1734-1823
Subject: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; France--Revolution, 1792-1795; Great Britain. Constitution; Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Date: circa 1793

Title: A new map of part of North America from the latitude of 40 to 68 degrees.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3566; APSdigobj3566
Creator: La France, Joseph, b. ca. 1707
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; La France, Joseph, b. ca. 1707; North America--Maps--Early works to 1800; Hudson Bay--Maps--Early works to 1800
Date: [ca. 1742?]

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: Thomas Jefferson to [Thomas Leiper], June 12, 14 1815.
Identifier(s): APSimg8021; APSimg8021
Description: David Library Item Number: 2376; Description from Guide to the Sol Feinstone Collection of the David Library of the American Revolution.
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327);
Subject: Early American history; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Leiper, Thomas, 1745-1825; Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1769-1821; Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
Date: 1815 June 12

Title: United States Continental Congress to Commissioners to France, 1776 December 30; United States. Continental Congress. ALS to Commissioners to France
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16425
Description: Letter from the United States Continental Congress to Commissioners to France.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
Date: 1776-12-30; 2021

Title: Resolution, United States. Congress, 1782 September 14; 1782 September 23; Congressional Resolutions
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12210
Description: A resolution from Congress about the financial crisis related to waging the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806; France. Cour royale
Date: 1782-09-14;1782-09-23; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1782 December 20; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26224
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Giving cost of his vessel. Many wise people doubt a general peace. He thinks it clear and will govern himself accordingly.; 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: 1782-12-20; 2022

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10; No. 920 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353679
Description: Discusses various maps of Virginia and North America, including [Joshua] Fry and [Peter] Jefferson's and Lewis Evans's, and remarks that the latter map gives a clear idea of the "immensly valuable" land contested between Britain and France; describes the method by which canoes are lashed together in order to carry heavy hogsheads of tobacco from upland streams; discusses explorations of the Mississippi River and expands upon the "vast Importance of that prodigious River"; mentions "the present troubles" [the Seven Years' War] and complains that the Virginia frontier has been left "naked and exposed" by legislators who knew nothing about the backcountry; comments that "the Possibility of the Children doing well without the Parent" is a subject that must be treated with "Reserve & delicacy"; discusses family matters.; Erratum on microfilm: last page not filmed; includes a transcription of an extract from the letter, 11 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Canoes and canoeing; Tobacco; Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Date: 1756-06-10; 2023

Title: Plate 15. Cartes particulieres des concessions faites par l'Angleterre à la France et à l'Espagne par le traité de 1783.
Identifier(s): text:159753
Description: Map of the Concessions made by England to France and Spain as specified by the 1783 Treaty of Versailles.
Subject: Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831; Godefroy, François, 1743?-1819; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Pictorial works; France. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1783 September 3
Date: 1783

Title: The following letters, written by a member of one of the societies, called "Friends of the People" in Edinburgh ...
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 F72
Description: Letters reporting on the November 1792 activities of the Edinburgh Society of the Friends of the People and an extract from a 1792 speech by Parisian mayor Petion regarding the September Massacres.
Subject: Society of the Friends of the People (Scotland); Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Pétion de Villeneuve, Jérôme, 1756-1794; France--Revolution, 1792-1795
Date: 1792

Title: Bache, Richard to William Temple Franklin, 1779 September 13; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25554
Description: Letter from Richard Bache to William Temple Franklin. Has received a memorandum of inquiry concerning Henry Dieudonné Drourat. Encloses a letter from him to his father. Chevalier de la Luzerne has not arrived yet, being on his way from Boston. Departure of M. Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval universally regretted. Mrs. Bache and himself miss him very much.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; France--History, Military--18th century; Military history; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-09-13; 2022