390 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



. From Rob[er]t Montgomery. 1778. April 5. Alicante. 



Has been established in the above port of Spain twelve months and 

 has acquired business and consequence. Afraid if Spain declares war 

 against England, he will be treated as a British subject; begs Frank- 

 lin to send him a certificate of his identity as an American ; encloses a 

 paper to prove his nationality; refers to Mr. Thomas Morris for par- 

 ticulars. A. L. S. 2 p. IX, 15. 



From Baron de Schbnfeld. [Circa 1778.] April 5. Paris. 



Sending Franklin a letter from the directors of one of the most 

 reliable manufactories of iire-arms in Germany. L. in 3d P. i p. 

 (In French.) XLI, 182. 



From John Bondfield to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. April 6. Bordeaux. 



Concerning repairs, etc., on the ship Boston; Captain Tucker's action 

 in not reporting the arrival to the Admiralty Board ; his salute to the 

 Castle not returned, no instructions having been received from the Board 

 of War on that head. English fleet still lying between Capes Ortegal 

 and Finisterre. The Spanish fleet expected shortly from Cuba. A. L. 

 S. 2 p. IX, 16. 



From [Sieur de] Pommereuille. 1778. April 6. Fougeres. 



Concerning the hard case of his brother, M. de Martigny, who fol- 

 lowed M. du Coudray to America in hopes of aiding in the defense 

 of liberty; his subsequent disappointment and return to France; ex- 

 penses incurred ; begs Franklin to obtain from M. de Sartine the set- 

 tlements of his brother's just demands. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



IX, 17. 



Fro?n Col. Chevalier de Champigny. 1778. April 6. Amsterdam. 



Reasons for sending his second volume of the History of England 

 before the first one, which will follow later together with the first two 

 volumes of his Translation of the History of Denmark. Congratulates 

 him on his new dignit3\ A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) IX, 19. 



