Letters to Benjamin Franklin 187 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. September 24. 



Instructions to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee, 

 Commissioners to France. D. S. John Hancock, Presid[en]t. 6 p. 



LXXV, 2. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, V, 813. 



By The Continental Congress. [1776.] Sept[embe]r 26 and 28. 



Selection of the Commissioners to the Court of France and their in- 

 structions. D. S. Cha[rle]s Thomson, Sec[retar]y. i p. (With 

 copy.) LXXV, 8 and 9. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, V, 827, 833. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. September 30. 



Commission of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee, 

 as Commisssioners to France. D. S. i p. (Copy in duplicate.) 



LXXV, I and 10. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, V, 833. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. September 30. Philadelphia. 



Commission of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane and Thomas Jefferson 

 as Commissioners to France. D. i p. (Last lines missing.) 



LXXVI, 16. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, V, 833. 



From M. Fadeville to The Continental Congress. 



1776. October 7. Bordeaux. 



Congress by its course in defending liberty and property in America 

 has made its cause the cause of mankind. Regrets that he cannot give 

 his services in the field, but sends a present of four dozen w^oolen socks 

 for the army, and will do this every year as proof of his sincerity. 



(Endorsement by L. V. Potiens that he has received and will deliver 

 the stockings as directed.) A. L. S. 2 p. IV, 115^. 



