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Horneca, Fizeaux & Co. to the Commissioners -

Amsterdam le 7 Septe. 1778

Nous venons de Recevoir par M. ...

To Thomas Greenleaf -

Passi near Paris September 8. 1778

Your Letter to me from Forton Goal ...

Horneca, Fizeaux & Co. to Benjamin Franklin: A Translation

Docno: PJA07d017

Author: Horneca, Fizeaux & Co. (business)

Recipient: Franklin, Benjamin

Recipient: Lee, Arthur

Recipient: JA

Date: 1778-09-07

[dateline] Amsterdam, 7 September 1778

[salute] Gentlemen

We have just received from Mr. Whitall the book containing the promissory notes from Congress, along with their coupons and your signatures.1

Now all we require to begin their negotiation is your orders and instructions relative to the expenses and allowances that we may grant the buyers in addition to the stipulated 5 per cent interest.

We have the honor to be, very respectfully, gentlemen, your very humble and very obedient servants

[signed] Horneca, Fizeaux & Co.

RC PPAmP: Franklin Papers; addressed: “A Leur Excellençes Messieurs Les Ministres Plênipotentiaries, des Etats Unis de L'Amérique Septentrionalle A Passy.”

1. See the Commissioners' letter of 31 Aug. (vol. 6:411–413) and Horneca, Fizeaux & Co.'s reply of 17 Sept. (below).

Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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