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Title: Vaughan, Benjamin to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 February 05; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10815
Description: Benjamin Vaughan writes to Benjamin Franklin. He mentions seeing Henry Laurens and that his health is not good as well as the trade of indigo.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
Date: 1782-02-05; 2022

Title: Ridley, Matthew to William Temple Franklin, 1782 November 25; Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26882
Description: Letter from Matthew Ridley to William Temple Franklin. Information regarding the tobacco trade in the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Commerce; International trade--18th century; Ridley, Matthew; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-11-25; 2022

Title: Fontenet to William Temple Franklin, 1783 June 25; Fontenet, ------ de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26942
Description: Letter from Fontenet to William Temple Franklin. Requests a reply to an inquiry from the Prince de Deux-Ponts about trade between certain German States and the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Commerce; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-06-25; 2022

Title: Cadwalader, Lambert to Samuel Meredith, 1780 May 4
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1411
Description: Letter from Lambert Cadwalader to Samuel Meredith regarding Cadwalader's properties. He also proposes ideas for trade to the West Indies.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; International trade--18th century; Merchant ships--United States--History--18th century; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; West Indies--Commerce--United States
Date: 1780-05-04; 2021

Title: Darcel, Nicolas to William Temple Franklin, 1783 June 26; Darcel, Nicolas. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26197
Description: Letter from Nicolas Darcel to William Temple Franklin. Request to meet him at the Custom House, to be present at opening of boxes shipped to him from London.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Commerce; Darcel, Nicolas; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-06-26; 2022

Title: Hartley, Samuel to William Temple Franklin, 1781 August 18; Hartley, Samuel. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27232
Description: Letter from Samuel Hartley to William Temple Franklin. Sends copies of two letters received from a house at Cape San Domingo relating to the circumstances of the seizure of the ship "Diamond" with cargo of slaves and dry goods. Claims the seizure was illegal and has entered a protest at Paris against it.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; Slave trade; Hartley, Samuel; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-08-18; 2022

Title: Le Roy, Jean Baptiste to William Temple Franklin, 1783 February 18; Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, 1720-1800. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26189
Description: Letter from Jean Baptiste Le Roy to William Temple Franklin. Asking for information about trade with the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Commerce; Le Roy, Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1800; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-02-18; 2022

Title: In Congress, Thursday, September 22, 1774. Resolved, that the congress requests the merchants...not to send to Great Britain any orders for goods...An extract from the minutes; 290. United States. Continental Congress.In Congress, Thursday, September 22, 1774 : Resolved that the congress requests the merchants...not to send to Great Britain any orders for goods...An extract from the minutes
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7031
Description: "Resolved, [t]hate the Congress request the Merchants and Others, in the Several Colonies, not to second to Great Britain any Orders for Goods, and to direct the execution of all Orders already sent, to be delayed or suspended, until the sense of the Congress, on the means to be taken for the preservation of the Liberties of America, is made public."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Mobilizing the Populace; Economy; Broadsides; International trade--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects
Date: 1774-09-22; 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

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1782 July 5; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27115
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Advising of the shipment of wines and price of same.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International trade--18th century; Alcohol; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-07-05; 2022

Title: Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume to William Temple Franklin, 1782 November 19; Le Veillard, Louis. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26938
Description: Letter from Louis Guillaume Le Veillard to William Temple Franklin. Inquiring about the tobacco trade in New England.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Commerce; International trade--18th century; Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume, 1733-1794; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-11-19; 2022

Title: Records of imports into Philadelphia; 33. Bradford, William, 1719-1791. Records of imports into Philadelphia
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12845
Description: Records of imports into Philadelphia from December 5, 1775 to April, 1775, with a later series of personal accounts (1780), possibly kept by Thomas Bradford.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Finance, Personal--United States; Commerce and trade--Philadelphia--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; International trade--18th century; Pennsylvania--Commerce--Great Britain; Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799
Date: 1774-1780; 2022

Title: Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1783 April 14; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26910
Description: Letter from Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de Kéralio to William Temple Franklin. Asks if it is true that Port Louis and L'Orient are going to be made free ports for goods from the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Commerce; International trade--18th century; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-04-14; 2022

Title: Grand, Jean-François-Paul to William Temple Franklin, 1781 February 3; Grand, Jean-François-Paul, 1752-1829. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24532
Description: Letter from Jean-François-Paul Grand to William Temple Franklin. Requesting him to give the bearer information about trade in America.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; International trade--18th century; Grand, Jean-François-Paul, 1752-1829; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-02-03; 2022

Title: Fox, George to William Temple Franklin, 1781 June 19; Fox, George, 1759-1828. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26487
Description: Letter from George Fox to William Temple Franklin. Is alarmed at Joseph Mayo's condition of health. Thinks he should leave Paris. Refers to Dr. Franklin and his grandson's escape from the opera house.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; International trade--18th century; Health and Hygiene; Fox, George, 1759-1828; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-06-19; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1781 February 6; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25746
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin.Has written to M. Jacques Necker; cannot unload his ship until he receives a reply. Cannot procure freight for Capt. Joseph Conkling's vessel, the "Whim" at Rochelle.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; International trade--18th century; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-02-06; 2022

Title: Morris, Robert to George Washington, 1782 September 09; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. to George Washington
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10831
Description: Robert Morris continues his description of the financial state of the war and the United States to George Washington. Morris explains that the expectation of peace and the end of the war has stagnated trade, which Morris relied on to support the war efforts. Consequently, Congress is relying on the States to finance the army.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; International trade--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States. Continental Congress. Office of Finance
Date: 1782-09-09; 2022

Title: Ridley, Matthew to William Temple Franklin, 1782 December 25; Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27356
Description: Letter from Matthew Ridley to William Temple Franklin. Replying to inquiries regarding trade in the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; International trade--18th century; Europe--Commerce--18th century; Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-12-25; 2022

Title: Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume to William Temple Franklin, 1783 March 22; Le Veillard, Louis. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26342
Description: Letter from Louis Guillaume Le Veillard to William Temple Franklin. Explains his plan for starting in business in America. Refers to trade relations between England and the United States and comments on William Temple Franklin's desire to settle permanently in France. Gives directions for shipping to him a keg of powder.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Commerce; Merchant ships--United States--History--18th century; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; International trade--18th century; Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume, 1733-1794; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-03-22; 2022

Title: Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume to William Temple Franklin, 1781 March 26; Le Veillard, Louis. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25376
Description: Letter from Louis Guillaume Le Veillard to William Temple Franklin. Sails to-day on the "Marquis Lafayette" for Philadelphia, under escort of the "Alliance," with six or seven American vessels.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; 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, American; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, French; International trade--18th century; Warships--United States; Le Veillard, Louis Guillaume, 1733-1794; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-03-26; 2022