256 Miscellaneous Papers 



By The Continental Congress. 1778. April 13. 



Relative to the compensation of Roderique Hortalez & Co. D, S. 

 Cha[rle]s Thomson, Sec[retar]y. 2 p. (In duplicate.) 



LXXV, 47-5ia. 



Printed in Journals of Congress, Philadelphia [1779], IV, 208. 



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

 Silas Deane, Paris. 1778. April 14. Cadiz. 



Notice of the arrival of a merchant ship from Carolina laden with 

 rice and staves. The cutter " Revenge," Capt. Conyngham, ready to 

 put to sea again. L. S. i p. XL VIII, 172. 



By Roderique Hortalez & Co., of Paris. 1778. April 16. 



Power of attorney given to John Baptiste Lazarus Thereneau de 

 Francy, their Agent, and agreement made with the former by a Com- 

 mercial Committee of Congress for the furnishing of arms and sup- 

 plies to the United States. D. S. 6 p. (Copy.) LVII, 8. 



From Terassons to Silas Deane. 



1778. April 20. Lyons. 



His son Barthelemy Terrasson is about to sail from Cadiz, on the 

 French ship " L'heroine," to make a tour of North America. May 

 settle in business there, if prospects are good. Requests Mr. Deane 

 to send him letters of introduction to prominent people in the United 

 States. A. L. S. 2 p. XL VIII, 175. 



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

 Silas Deane, Paris. 1778. April 21. Cadiz. 



The brig " Success," Captain Richard Harding, has arrived from 

 Carolina. Captures by the English frigate, " The Alarm." L. S. i p. 



XLVIII, 176. 



From du Freme to M. de la Grange. 



1778. April 24. Paris. 



Sorry that circumstances do not permit his asking any kind of pe- 

 cuniary favor from the Minister of Finance. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) IX, 74. 



