The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
1781, _Livres._ _s._ _d._
April 6, To balance due to me on the preceding
account, 5,722,723 2 6
1782,
May 18, To commission at 1/2 per cent on 144,000
and 2,544,000 making 2,688,000, in
bills on Paris, 13,440
" " To amount of interest account at 6 per
cent per annum, as particularized
hereafter, 382,698 18
" " To commission at 2-1/2 per cent to M. de
Francy on the returns from America,
viz.
On 552,121 9 amount of the returns to the
credit of their account settled the 6th
of April, 1781,
2,882,332 10 9 amount of the returns to
the credit of the account settled this
day,
3,434,453 19 9 at 2-1/2 per cent, 86,861 6
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Livres, 6,204,723 6 6
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_Contra Cr._
1781, _Livres._ _s._ _d._
June 25, By remittances on Dr Franklin to the
25th of June, 1781, 144,000
_Livres._ _s._ _d._
July 20, By net proceeds of 150 hhds tobacco per
the ship _Peru_, reduced to 75, on account
of the freight being one half, 34,991 19
" " By ditto of 176 hhds tobacco per the _Two
Helenas_, reduced to 88 by the freight; 49,826 19
" " By ditto of 32 hhds ditto per _Good Man
Richard_, reduced to 16 by the freight, 6,141 5
" " By ditto of 188 hhds ditto per the _Polly_,
reduced to 125-1/3, the freight being
one third, 55,872 14 9
Oct. 1, By ditto of 159 hhds ditto per _Fier Rodrigue_,
reduced to 79-1/2 by the freight at
one half, 47,499 13
" " By 15 hhds ditto per the _Jean_, and which
were lost, this vessel having foundered
at sea, (for _memorandum_.)
1782
May 18, By remittances on Dr Franklin to the
25th of June, 1782, passed here in
anticipation, amounting to 2,544,000
" " By balance due to me from the Honorable
Congress, 3,322,390 15 9
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