254 Miscellaneous Papers 



From Fairholme and Luther to Silas Deane, Paris. 

 1778. April 3. St. Martin, Isle of Re. 



Thanks for assistance in a commercial case. Now, that the Treaty 

 of Commerce is signed, would like to know the duties on American fish 

 and oil. A. L. S. 2 p. XLVIII, 164^. 



From Will[iam] MacCreery to Silas Deane. 

 1778. April 4. Bordeaux. 



News of the safe arrival of Mr. Deane's son [Jesse] and of Mr. 

 J[ohn] Adams and son. A. L. S. i p. XLVIII, 165. 



FrojTi Jno. Ross to Silas Deane. 1778, April 4. Nantes. 



Relative to the seizure of the papers of Thomas Morris, former [Amer- 

 ican] Agent at Nantes. A. L. S. 3 p. XLVIII, 166. 



From Massieu to [Silas Deane. ?]. 



1778. April 6. Caen. 



Concerning a gentleman of noble birth, John Lewis Dumesnil, Esq., 

 Sieur de St. Pierre, who was obliged, eleven years before, to leave his 

 country, his wife and only daughter, and retire to Carolina, where he 

 attained some success; report of his having been killed while serving 

 Congress in the present war; until this report is confirmed it is im- 

 possible to recover the value of his estates in favor of his daughter. 

 Begs that through his or Dr. Franklin's influence a certificate of his 

 death may be procured. Asks advice as to establishing a commercial 

 house in Maryland or Virginia. A. L. S. 4 p. IX, 18. 



Froiti Arthur Lee to La Goaner & Co. 



1778. April 6. Paris. 



Desires him to send all remittances from the sale of prizes to their 

 banker, F[erdinand] Grand. A. Dr. of L. VIII, 178a. 



From Jos[eph] L[oui]s and Laur[en]t Le Couteulx & Co. to 

 Silas Deane, Paris. 1778. April 7. Cadiz. 

 Notice of the arrival of two merchant ships from Carolina. Con- 

 gratulations upon the treaty between France and the United States. 

 L. S. I p. XLVIII, 167. 



