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Title: Monroe, James to Mr. Alexander, 1806 September 16; No. 948 James Monroe to Mr. ______ Alexander
Identifier(s): text:353596
Description: Requests that he assist Mrs. Montgomerie in obtaining a passport to France.
Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831et al
Subject: Passports
Date: 1806-09-16; 2023

Title: State of New Jersey, Council of Safety; No. 1007 State of New Jersey, Council of Safety
Identifier(s): text:353090
Description: Order that authorizes specified civil and military officials to issue passports and also prohibits ferrymen and innkeepers from serving persons who refuse to produce passports; includes the form of a passport; signed by William Livingston, president.; Printed form
Creator: New Jersey. Council of Safetyet al
Subject: Passports; Livingston, William, 1723-1790
Date: 1777-06-09; 2023

Title: United States, President James Madison; No. 873 United States, President James Madison
Identifier(s): text:353741
Description: Passport for a vessel; countersigned by R[obert] Smith, Secretary of State.; Printed form; blank
Subject: Passports; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
Date: 1809-1817; 2023

Title: Porter, I. to William Temple Franklin, 1782 February 12; Porter, I. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26132
Description: Letter from I. Porter to William Temple Franklin. About to leave Paris for Amsterdam. Asks for passport, if one is necessary.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International travel; Passports; Porter, I.; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-02-12; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1781 August 18; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26815
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Requesting a passport for Joseph HIll Jennings, who is going from Nantes into Spain.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Passports; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-08-18; 2022

Title: Morris, Robert to All whom it may concern, 1778 January 10; No. 958 Robert Morris to All whom it may concern
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:783
Description: Certification that Philip Taylor left Philadelphia with Morris's family and intends to return to the city to join his wife and should be permitted to pass.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Taylor, Philip
Date: 1778-01-10; 2021

Title: Barclay, Thomas to William Temple Franklin, 1783 July 10; Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26154
Description: Letter from Thomas Barclay to William Temple Franklin. Requesting a passport for "Mr. Myers, of Amsterdam."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Passports--United States--History; Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-07-10; 2022

Title: Drummond, Thomas to James Robertson, 1776 February 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:137
Description: Comments that based on his own conversations with American leaders in Philadelphia, the latter desire a reconciliation with Britain, not total 45 separation; mentions that Drummond has pressed for the start of negotiations and requests a blank passport in that event; [postscript]: cautions him against publicizing the letter too soon.; "Copy"; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Drummond, Thomas
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: Political Philosophy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace; Reconciliation; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; ; ; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History
Date: 1776-02-05; 2020

Title: Mason, George to William Temple Franklin, 1781 September 12; Mason, George, 1753-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27169
Description: Letter from George Mason to William Temple Franklin. Requests that a passport be procured for him from Comte de Vergennes, to go to the South of France.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Passports; Mason, George, 1753-1796; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-09-12; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1783 January 23; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26053
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Renews his request for commissions or passports for two brigs, the "Olive" and the " Hetty." Current report that a general peace was signed on the 19th.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Declaring Independence; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace; Passports--United States--History; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-01-23; 2022

Title: Collins, Thomas to William Temple Franklin, 1780 October 11; Collins, Thomas. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25470
Description: Letter from Thomas Collins to William Temple Franklin. Asking him not to bother about the passports.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Passports; Collins, Thomas; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-10-11; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1783 February 6; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26399
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Requesting passports for American vessels at Bordeaux, Nantes and I'Orient.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Merchant ships--United States--History--18th century; Passports--United States--History; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-02-06; 2022

Title: Military Pass; No. 2274 George Washington
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:763
Description: Permission for a quartermaster and two noncommissioned officers to travel from New York to Philadelphia with money, clothing, and medicine for the use of Hessian prisoners.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1782-07-11; 2021

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: Laurens, Henry to William Temple Franklin, 1782 September 19; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26280
Description: Letter from Henry Laurens to William Temple Franklin. Acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt of passport for himself and family.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; International travel; Family life--18th century; Passports--United States--History; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-09-19; 2022

Title: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council to all concerned, 1779 November 23; No. 2408 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council (Joseph Reed, president) to all concerned
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:629
Description: Permission for Mrs. Mary Cassan and her four children to go into New York City and not return; attested by T[imothy] Matlack, secretary, 10 May 1780; [on verso]: Gen. Jedediah Huntington to the commanding officer at Elizabethtown, [N. J.], 10 May 1780: certification that Mrs. Cassan has permission for an interview with her husband.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785et al; Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Councilet al
Subject: Lived experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Cassan, Mary; Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
Date: 1779-11-23; 2021

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: Perrochall, Madame to William Temple Franklin, 1780 September 15; Perrochall, Madame ------ de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25661
Description: Letter from Madame Perrochall to William Temple Franklin. Château du Thiel. Asking for a passport for Mr. Esdaile, a friend. A.E. by William Temple Franklin. The passport given.; 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; Passports; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-09-15; 2022

Title: Bromfield, Henry to William Temple Franklin, 1781 February 5; Bromfield, Henry, 1751-1837. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25800
Description: Letter from Henry Bromfield to William Temple Franklin. Plan for equipping a vessel, for which Dr. Franklin had given a passport, had to be abandoned owing to insecurity of remaining in London. Passport had to be destroyed to avoid detection. Requests that the bond deposited with Dr. Franklin be cancelled.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Passports--United States--History; Bromfield, Henry; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-02-05; 2022

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1780 December 23; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24697
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. The English are not permitted to enter Spain, where he is most anxious to go to perfect his Spanish, therefore he could only go as an American. If it is possible he would like Dr. Franklin to give him a certificate or passport.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Passports--United States--History; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-12-23; 2022