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Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 March 29; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9759
Description: American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Date: 1780-03-29; 2022

Title: Adams, John to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1813 April 18
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:170
Description: Expresses regret that Adams's sons and grandson expended their time as their father and grandfather did "in Diplomatick Dulness, where Knaves find fortune and honest Men Ruin"; comments that an act printed in [Benjamin] Ede's [Boston] Gazette, 13 Nov. 1775, regarding fitting out armed vessels to defend the coast of America is one of the most important documents in world history and the beginning of the destruction of Britain's domination of the sea; comments on a loan that was subscribed by [David] Parish and [Stephen] Girard; responds to a question in Rush's letter [of 10 April, regarding the present war]: "The Liberty of the Ocean is the Pretext, but the Power of the Union The Object."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml
Subject: Waging the War; Despotism; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations; ; ; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831; Boston Gazette
Date: 1813-04-18; 2020

Title: Hopkinson, Francis to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 April 22; Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9658
Description: Francis Hopkinson writes a letter of introduction for John Foulk to Benjamin Franklin and updates him on the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--18th century; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Foulke Judah; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Date: 1780-04-22; 2022

Title: Adams, John to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1813 April 18; No. 15 John Adams to Dr. Benjamin Rush
Identifier(s): text:346289
Description: Expresses regret that Adams's sons and grandson expended their time as their father and grandfather did "in Diplomatick Dulness, where Knaves find fortune and honest Men Ruin"; comments that an act printed in [Benjamin] Ede's [Boston] Gazette, 13 Nov. 1775, regarding fitting out armed vessels to defend the coast of America is one of the most important documents in world history and the beginning of the destruction of Britain's domination of the sea; comments on a loan that was subscribed by [David] Parish and [Stephen] Girard; responds to a question in Rush's letter [of 10 April, regarding the present war]: "The Liberty of the Ocean is the Pretext, but the Power of the Union The Object."
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Date: 1813-04-18; 2022