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Title: Wante and John Torris to William Temple Franklin, 1783 February 28; Wante, ------. Torris, John. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26807
Description: Letter from Wante and John Torris to William Temple Franklin. Requesting passport for the brig Franklin and the brigantine Hazard bound from Dunkirk to Philadelphia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International travel; American loyalists; Passports--United States--History; Torris, John; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-02-28; 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: Torris, John to William Temple Franklin, 1779 October 14; Torris, John. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24904
Description: Letter from John Torris to William Temple Franklin. Asking for two commissions for the privateers "Black Prince" and "Black Princess." Refers to reported capture of two cutters commanded by [Comte Sutton] de Clonard and de Roquefeuille, off the Lizard.; 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--Naval operations, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; Torris, John; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-10-14; 2022