Letters from 1778

Hezekiah Ford to American Commissioners, July 21, 1778

Jersey. July. 21st. 1778 Honoured Sirs In my Passage to Virginia, on Board a small Cutter, I had the Misfortune to be taken, and carried into Jersey. And as you…

Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to American Commissioners, July 21, 1778

Jonathan Jr Williams to American Commissioners, July 16, 1778

Passy 16 July 1778. Honourable Gentlemen In consequence of the Remittance made to me by Mr. Delap of Bordeaux 2 I have written the inclosed Letter 3 to the officers…

Jean-Daniel Schweighauser to American Commissioners, July 16, 1778

July 16 [1778] Honorable Gentlemen! Beging leave to refer you to mine of the 9 inst. 1 I have now to inform you that Capt. Whipple at his return to…

Jean Baptiste Le Roy to American Commissioners, July 16, 1778

16 Juillet 1778 Messieurs Les Députés du Congrès sont instamment pries de tirer d’inquiétude un Pere et une Mere qui sont dans les plus vives allarmes sur leur fils, dont…

John Paul Jones to American Commissioners, July 16, 1778

[July 16, 1778] Gentlemen When I took Lieutenant Simpsons Parole I did not expect to have been long absent from America: but as circumstances have now rendred the time of…

John Bondfield to American Commissioners, July 16, 1778

Bordeau 16 July 1778 Honorable Sirs Permit me to lay before your honors the foregoing State which by your interpossion we flatter ourselves may be relieved. 5 I am most…

American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, July 16, 1778

American Commissioners to Thomas Simpson, July 16, 1778

American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, July 16, 1778