398 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Frojn James Lovell to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. April 16. Yorktown. 



Notice of the authorization of William Bingham to draw bills of 

 exchange upon the Commissioners. A. L. S. (In triplicate.) i p. 



XLVIII, 173,174. 

 Printed in Wharton's Diplom. Corres. of the Amer. Rev., II, 553. 



From Dupont, fils. 1778. April 16. Colmar. 



Has not the honor of being known to Franklin, but M. Voltaire, 

 the genius of France, is an old friend of his father and M. Gerard 

 knows his family well ; desires to enter the American army. A. L. S. 

 3 p. (In French.) IX, 51. 



From The Continental Congress, Committee for Foreign Affairs, to 



The American Commissioners. 1778. April 16. Yorktown. 



Resolve of Congress, authorizing William Bingham, agent of the 



United States at Martinique, to draw on the Commissioners for certain 



sums. An uncommon fatality has attended their despatches; anxious 



for news. A. L. S. James Lovell. i p. IX, 52. 



From Simeon Deane to the American Commissioners. 



1778. April 16. Falmouth. 



Announcing his safe arrival and his immediate departure for Con- 

 gress. No intelligence received as yet of the Continental fleet which 

 left France in February. The spirits of the people very high; makes 

 us doubt that the good news which he bears will give the greatest satis- 

 faction. Report of the taking of Quebec, though it is not confirmed. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. IX, 53. 



From J. Irwin. 1778. April 17. Marseilles. 



Is a British subject and an ex-officer in the English army. Wishes 

 to be allowed to remain in France with his family. Offers to act as 

 Consul for the United States at Nantes or Bordeaux. L. S. 2 p. 



LX, 72. 



