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Title: Ross, John to William Temple Franklin, 1779 December 21; Ross, John, 1729-1800. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25362
Description: Letter from John Ross to William Temple Franklin. Encloses for acceptance twenty-three Continental Loan Office notes drawn on Dr. Franklin. As Congress has ordered his accounts to be paid, hopes some plan will be adopted by Dr. Franklin for making a settlement; his advances having exposed him too much.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Commerce; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; Finance, Personal--United States; Ross, John, 1729-1800; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-12-21; 2022

Title: Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Jean-Charles to William Temple Franklin, 1782 October 22; Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Jean-Charles, 1746-1828. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26265
Description: Letter from Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Jean-Charles to William Temple Franklin. Is preparing a book on the United States. Requests names of governors, and civil and military officers of each of the thirteen States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Media; Social networks--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--Politics and government--18th century; Military history; Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Jean-Charles, 1746-1828; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-10-22; 2022

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 March 10; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24740
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. Is anxious to become an American citizen, but not prepared to go through the formalities at Bordeaux. Intends to go to Madrid first to learn Spanish. Asks his opinion and advice in the matter.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Education--18th century; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-03-10; 2022

Title: "Lenox" to Sarah Franklin Bache, 1800 April 1
Identifier(s): text:320697
Description: Letter from Lenox (likely Rachel Lenox) to Sally Bache.
Creator: Lenox, Rachel Carmer, 1763-1843et al
Subject: Women--History--18th century; Female friendship; Social networks--18th century; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Marriage; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; Hewson, Thomas T.; Harwood, Elizabeth (Eliza) Franklin Bache, 1777-1820
Date: 1800-04-01; 2021

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont, 1784 December 14
Identifier(s): text:320725
Description: Letter from Sally Bache to Mr. De Chaumont (Benjamin Franklin's landlord in France and supporter of the American Revolutionary cause) offering thanks for a gift of a painting of her father, "a gift from a person of whom I have heard my dear Father speak with so much Friendship, and so strong a likeness of him renders it very dear to me..."
Creator: Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808et al
Subject: Women--History--18th century; Social networks--18th century; Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Oster, Madame; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Date: 1784-12-14; 2021

Title: Jay, Sarah Livingston to William Temple Franklin, 1781 October 3; Jay, Sarah Livingston, 1756-1802. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26906
Description: Letter from Sarah Livingston Jay to William Temple Franklin. Requesting him to purchase and send her by Major David Salisbury Franks, two pairs of paste shoe buckles, etc.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Jay, Sarah Livingston, 1756-1802; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-10-03; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1780 August 14; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24724
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Mr. Silas Deane brings this letter and will give all the news; wishes to know Mr. John Adams's business in Holland; please get his accounts from Mr. Adams. He draws on the Doctor Franklin for £1,520 14 s., which has been sent to Mrs. Richard Bache, this sum is to come from the Doctor's personal account.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Commerce; Finance, Personal--United States; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-08-14; 2022

Title: Watson, Elkanah to William Temple Franklin, 1783 July 11; Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26057
Description: Letter from Elkana Watson to William Temple Franklin. Request to have a miniature of Dr. Franklin executed by a good artist, for a lady who wishes to wear it in a bracelet, and to send him a lady's watch.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Women--History--18th century; Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-07-11; 2022

Title: Wante and John Torris to William Temple Franklin, 1783 March 13; Wante, ------. Torris, John. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26639
Description: Letter from Wante and John Torris to William Temple Franklin. Dunkirk. Relating to a passport for their brig Franklin. Request a list of drugs which would find ready sale in the United States. Offer to sell a newly built vessel, L'Aigle, of fourteen guns, to Congress.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Commerce; Merchant ships--United States--History--18th century; Passports--United States--History; Torris, John; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-03-13; 2022

Title: Robeson, William to William Temple Franklin, 1780 September 14; Robeson, William. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24612
Description: Letter from William Robeson to William Temple Franklin. Request that his portrait be sent to him by Captain Sampson.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Robeson, William; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-09-14; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 August 26; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25774
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Asks for the address of a banker, and invites him to visit him at St. Maudé.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-08-26; 2022

Title: Le Roy, Jean Baptiste to William Temple Franklin, 1780 October 21; Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, 1720-1800. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24926
Description: Letter from Jean Baptiste Le Roy to William Temple Franklin. Encloses the letters received about sauce pans; recommends Vitel; hopes Dr. Franklin's gout is better.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Health and Hygiene; Le Roy, Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1800; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-10-21; 2022

Title: Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray) to William Temple Franklin, 1782 January 24; Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray), 1760-1841. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26593
Description: Letter from Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont to William Temple Franklin. Suspects that his father opened the letter addressed to him by his "lady love" and wishes to prevent his return to Paris. Thinks of leaving surreptitiously and passing a night in Paris and then returning.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social conditions--18th century; ; Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray), 1760-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-01-24; 2022

Title: Fox, George to William Temple Franklin, 1780 September 15; Fox, George, 1759-1828. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25379
Description: Letter from George Fox to William Temple Franklin. A letter to show his knowledge of French.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Fox, George, 1759-1828; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-09-15; 2022

Title: Bache, Richard to William Temple Franklin, 1781 October 4; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26495
Description: Letter from Richard Bache to William Temple Franklin. Replies to inquiry about Philip Dieffenbach and the Mengs family. Will forward seeds as soon as Mr. William Bartram puts them up. Request civilities for Capt. Hoops, an American officer and a brother of Mrs. Thomas Barclay, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Camden and is going to Europe on a furlough.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Armed Forces--Officers; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-10-04; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1783 January 21; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26918
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Everyone in a state of suspense as to whether there is to be peace or war. Asks to be given a hint in time. Applies for commissions for two brigs owned by him and Samuel White.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-01-21; 2022

Title: Franklin, William to William Temple Franklin, 1776 March 14; Franklin, William, 1731-1813. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24643
Description: Letter from William Franklin to William Temple Franklin. Is greatly concerned about his father's proposed journey to Canada. Thinks it ill-advised and dangerous. Requests his son to send him several political pamphlets. Advises him not to neglect his studies in Latin and French.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Politics and Causes of Revolution; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; Education--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Franklin, William, 1731-1813; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1776-03-14; 2022

Title: Barclay, Thomas to William Temple Franklin, 1782 December 9; Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26128
Description: Letter from Thomas Barclay to William Temple Franklin. Inquiring as to the advisability of sending supplies to the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-12-09; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1781 September 1; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27025
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Encloses a letter to M. [Jean François Joly] de Fleury; if endorsed by Dr. Franklin, thinks it will procure him part of the new order for supplies.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-09-01; 2022

Title: Abeel, James to Nathanael Greene, 1770 April 16; Abeel, James, 1733-1825 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:19760
Description: Letter describing business at Pompton. Public indebted to Mr. Faesh at least £10,000 for iron and other articles. Will try and pay his share, which is trifling.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Finance, Personal--United States; Economics--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--To 1775; Social networks--18th century; Commerce; Abeel, James, 1733-1825; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1770-04-16; 2022