Letter
American Commissioners to Samuel Nicholson, January 26, 1777
Paris Jany. 26th: 1777. Sir You are directed to proceed to Boulogne, and there purchase, on as good Terms as possible a Cutter suitable for the purpose of being sent…
Samuel Nicholson was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. Along with shipwright George Claghorn he oversaw the building of USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), and Nicholson was that ship's first commander.
Paris Jany. 26th: 1777. Sir You are directed to proceed to Boulogne, and there purchase, on as good Terms as possible a Cutter suitable for the purpose of being sent…