John Jay to Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin, 5 January 1778

Poghkeepsie 5 th : Jan y 1778

Gentlemen

Your Favors of the 2 d . 8 th : & 10 June have been rec d . & Copies transmitted to the Committee. 1 The Subject of them certainly Merits their Attention, and I hope your Advice will be litterally complied with.

As I have not now the Honor of a Seat in Congress, having been called to an office which will confine me in this State, any Information I can give You will be far less satisfactory than what you will recieve from the Committee. This Letter will therefore be less prolix than those I usually wrote to M r . Deane.

By a Letter rec d . sometime past from my Brother, 2 I find he was lately in Paris, & may be so still. If you have heard or seen any thing of him, you will oblige me greatly by sending the enclosed Letter to him I am Gentlemen with great Respect & Esteem Your ob t . & h–€™ble Serv t .

John Jay

The Hon–€™ble Benjamin Franklin & Silas Deane Esq rs .