Letters to Benjamin Franklin 363 



From Jno. P[aul] Jones to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. February 10. Paimboeuf. 



The affair of Quiberon in every broker's mouth. Were any conti- 

 nental marine power in Europe disposed to avail themselves of the pres- 

 ent situation of affairs in America, a single blow^ would finish every- 

 thing; explains how the enemies' fleet could be surprised and crushed. 

 L. S. 2 p. VIII, 103. 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas] to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. February 10. The Hague. 



Extract from the despatch of M. Berkenro[o]de, Dutch Minister at 

 Paris, concerning certain warlike preparations in France; extract from 

 a German letter concerning the arrival of General Rewitzki from the 

 Court of Vienna, a propos of the trouble with Bavaria. Possibility of 

 a war between England and France. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 21. 



From Ferdinand Weisheim. 1778. February 10. Cologne. 

 Offering his services. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) LX, 84. 



From Cambon and Massart. 



1778. February 10. Dunkirk. 



Have studied medicine under the best masters and have had experience 

 in the army ; they wish to enter the American service as surgeons. A. L. 

 S. 3 p. (In French.) LXII, 18. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr., to The American Commissioners. 



1778. February ii. Nantes. 



Arrival of Captain Jenkins from Nantucket; reports that General 

 Lee was exchanged for General Prescott; the army in high spirits and 

 in want of nothing; the English driven within Kingsbridge by General 

 Gates, who, it is thought, will attack New York before he joins General 

 Washington. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVII, 129. 



From de Hellfriedt. 1778. February 11. Marseilles. 



Desiring Franklin to appoint a time and place for an interview ; will- 

 ing to come all the way to Paris to lay before Franklin certain proposi- 



