Miscellaneous Papers 245 



From Tlio[ma]s Morris to Jonathan Williams, [Jr.]. 

 1777. December 5. Nantes. 



Finds it necessary to have an assistant in conducting the business com- 

 mitted to him by the Secret Committee; offers this position on certain 

 terms to Mr. Williams. A. L. S. 2 p. VII, 131. 



From Jona[than] Williams, [Jr.], to Thomas Morris. 

 1777. December 5. Nantes. 



Agreeable to his request, consents to take an active part in the busi- 

 ness committed to Mr. Morris's care by the Secret Committee of Con- 

 gress. A. L. S. I p. XXXVII, 123. 



Agreement Between the Owners of the Ship " La Brune " and the 



Crew. 1777. December 11. L'Orient. 



For a voyage to America and return. D. 4 p. (In French. Copy.) 



LVII, 10. 



From Gov. [Jonathan] Trumbull to President [Henry] Laurens. 

 1777. December 12. Lebanon. 



Expresses his opinion that the British troops ought not to be em- 

 barked at any other port but that stipulated in the Convention, Hears 

 that the Governor and Council of Rhode Island sent a protest to Boston, 

 against their march to and embarkation at Rhode Island. Incloses a 

 copy of a letter from General [Robert] Pigot to General Burgoyne 

 relative to the embarkation of Burgoyne's troops at Rhode Island. L. 

 2 p. (Copy.) XLVII, 96. 



By The Continental Congress. 1777. December ig. 



Resolutions in reference to the subsistence of prisoners. D. S. 

 Cha[rle]s Thomson, Sec[retar]y. i p. LXXV, 42. 



Printed in the Journals of Congress, Philadelphia [1778], III, 581. 



From [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard [de Rayneval] to [Silas] Deane. 

 1777. December 19. 



Requests him to send with his letter, a letter of credit for 15,000 

 livres payable at place of destination. L. in 3d P. I p. (In French. 

 Copy.) XL VIII, 156. 



