226 Miscellaneous Papers 



By The Continental Congress. 

 1776. October 30 and November 15. 1778. November 14. 



Resolutions relating to distribution of prize-money. D. 2 p. (Copy 

 attested by Jno. P[aul] Jones.) LXXV, 71. 



From Baron [Felix] de Wimpfen to Coder, Paris. 



1776. November 15. Strasbourg. 



Has not the power to render him the service he solicits. Feels that 

 the Court is indifferent to him since he left Versailles. Advises him to 

 seek other means to accomplish his ambition, as his recommendation 

 might do him more harm with the Court than good. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XL VII, 67. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. November 19 and 29. 



Instructions to the Secret Committee to secure field artillery and arms 

 and equipage for 3,000 horses. D. S. (Copy.) i p. LXXV, 13. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, VI, 963 

 and 992. 



From Jonathan Williams, Jr., to [Barbeu] Dubourg, Paris. 

 1776. December 13. 



Sorry to hear of Madame Dubourg's illness. Acquaints him that 

 this is a public fast-day on account of the American war, and that he 

 cannot doubt his zeal in the observation of it. A. L. 3 p. 



XLVII, 68. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. December 23. 



Authorizing the Commissioners at the Court of France to fit out six 

 vessels for war on British property. D. S. Cha[rle]s Thomson, 

 Sec[retar]y, John Hancock, Presid[en]t. i p. LXXV, 16. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, VI, 1036. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. December 30. 



Resolution to send Commissioners to the Courts of Vienna and 

 Spain, Prussia and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and their instruc- 

 tions. D. S. John Hancock, President, Cha[rle]s Thomson, Sec[re- 

 tarjy. 3 p. (In duplicate.) LXXV, 18, 19. 



Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1906, VI, 1054. 



