BIB_ID
159469
Accession number
MA 1227
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Display Date
1779 Sept. 2.
Credit line
Purchased, 1947.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.3 cm
Notes
Monsieur Dumas was the American agent in the Netherlands; Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont (1726-1803) made a gift of the warship USS Bonhomme Richard for use by Captain John Paul Jones.
The request is in the hand of Leray de Chaumont; Franklin has added his signature and added the word "Approuvé."
This letter is bound with MA 152 and is laid in between MA 152.22 and MA 152.23.
The request is in the hand of Leray de Chaumont; Franklin has added his signature and added the word "Approuvé."
This letter is bound with MA 152 and is laid in between MA 152.22 and MA 152.23.
Provenance
Purchased from the Gribble sale, December 15, 1947.
Summary
Requesting that M. Dumas go to Amsterdam in order to aid the squadron commanded by John Paul Jones; providing a table of the vessels in the squadron, the names of the commanders of each ship, and the number of canons with which each are outfitted; requesting that M. Dumas take whatever measures are necessary to provide help to the Americans.
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