522 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [C. G. F.] Dumas to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. October 27. The Hague. 



Lord Suffolk's singular reply to Holland's protest on the subject 

 of the captured vessels. Occupied in translating an important paper 

 (Resolutions of Amsterdam a propos of the proposed increase of the 

 army) ; thinks it will prove most useful to the United States; suggests 

 sending copies to Congress. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 57. 



From Jon[athan] Loring Austin to The American Commissioners. 



1778. October 27. Amsterdam. 



The route to America he has determined to take. The various senti- 

 ments of the coffee-house commentators on Comte d'Estaing's probable 

 fate and General Clinton's movements; different opinions as to the 

 conduct of Congress respecting the outlawry of Governor Johnson. 

 Hopes that Britain will consider her true interest before it is too late. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. XII, 86. 



/"row Tho[ ma] s Potter. 1778. October 27. Havre de Grace Prison. 



Account of his capture first by the English and then by the French, 

 and his present imprisonment; begs to be freed and put on board an 

 American privateer. His father, Captain James Potter, is well known 

 to Congress. A. L. S. i p. XII, 87. 



From Busaray. 1778. October 27. Mont St. Vincent. 



Desires to settle in America with his wife, six children and six 

 farm laborers; desires Franklin's influence with Congress to procure 

 a tract of land near Philadelphia large enough to support twenty 

 persons; his wife's connections and his own, A. L. S. 3 p. (In 

 French.) XII, 88. 



From Cadet. 1778. October 27. Paris. 



Reminding him of the day appointed for his promised opinion on 

 a certain experiment. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XII, 52. 



From Robert Niles. 1778. October 27. Bordeaux. 



Narrating his and Captain Barnes's capture by a Jersey privateer; 

 consigned his papers and despatches to the sea; has been treated better 

 than he expected; was put on a Dutch vessel bound for Bordeaux; 

 will seek for a passage to America at once; must apply to Mr. Bond- 

 field for money. A. L. S. i p. XII, 89. 



