Letters to Benjamin Franklin 459 



From Sain[ue]l Tucker to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. July 14. Port Lewis. 



Concerning the proposed exchange of prisoners; sends a list of those 

 he has on board; mentions certain men in Mill Prison whom he is 

 anxious to have exchanged. Treatment the Frenchmen received on 

 board his vessel; assures Franklin their story is false; their present 

 anxiety to return to the ship; if only he could man his vessel with 

 Americans he would deem himself a happy man. Desires to join 

 Captain Whipple on the 20th. A. L. S. 2 p. X, 122. 



From [Mme.] Brouttin-Mollien des Sombres. 



1778. July 15. Calais. 



Requests Franklin to procure a position in the United States for her 

 brother. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) LX, 87. 



From Pierre Libertati. 1778. July 15. Geneva. 



Desires to know the conditions requisite for a young man to enter 

 the service of the American Congress. He writes under an assumed 

 name and will give his true name when Franklin answers his letter. 

 A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) LXII, 70. 



From Christ [opher] Gadsden. 1778. July 15. Charlestown, 



Introducing the bearer, Commodore Gillon, to Franklin's notice; his 

 great services to the American cause; has been appointed Commodore 

 by the Assembly of South Carolina, and in that capacity goes to Europe 

 to build or purchase three frigates for the State; his knowledge of 

 affairs. A. L. S. i p. X, 124. 



From John Bondfield to The American Commissioners. 



1778. July 16. Bordeaux. 



Encloses a statement in French concerning different duties on salt; 

 the smallness of the tax at L'ile de Re or Nantes and the excessive 

 charges at Bordeaux ; hopes their Honors can effect a change in this state 

 of affairs. A. L. S. 3 p. X, 125. 



