Miscellaneous Papers 261 



By The Continental Congress. 1778. May 18 and July 27. 



Resolutions relative to bills of exchange to be issued. Printed. 

 (2 p.) With manuscript additions. S. John Gibson, Jr., Aud[itor] 

 Gen [era] 1. D. 3 p. LIII, 67. 



From Samuel Wharton to Benson/ [Paris]. 



1778. May 19. 



Mr. [John] Williams charges him with having carried the letter he 

 gave him directed to Dr. Franklin, to Lord North; states that about 

 three weeks ago Mr. Williams sent full proofs of the above charges 

 against him, by Dr. Smith, to their friend Dr. Franklin. Asserts that he 

 has never received any letters from Mr. Williams, and that he has never 

 had any intercourse or communication, directly or indirectly, with Lord 

 North or any of the Ministers, since Lord Howe's departure for 

 America. Asks him to lay this letter before Dr. Franklin and request 

 him to be so good as to believe him when he says he is innocent. L. 

 (In cipher.) 2 p. XL VII, 114. 



^ Name under which Silas Deane received letters from England. See Smyth's 

 Writings of Franklin, I, 201, n. 



From Samuel Wharton to John Williams, Downing St., London. 

 1778. May 20. [London.] 



Wants to be informed whether it is true that he charges him (Whar- 

 ton) with having given Lord North information that [Mr. John] 

 Williams had written letters to Dr. Franklin and the other American 

 Commissioners in Paris and disclosed to them the names of the Amer- 

 icans who were in the service of the [British] Government in Paris 

 and in consequence of these letters, they were to leave Paris ; also wishes 

 to be informed whether it is true that Lord North said that he (Whar- 

 ton) had given him the letters. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) 



XL VII, 115. 



From Samuel Wharton to M. St. Pier[r]e, Paris. 1778. May 22. 



Reproached Mr. [John] Williams for not having acted the part of 

 a friend, as soon as he had seen Lord North, to tell him what passed 

 relative to him. Reasons for not calling upon him. Mr. Williams told 

 Lord North that he (Wharton) offered to forward any letters which 

 he might wish to send to Dr. Franklin or E[dward] Ban [croft]. Does 

 not recollect that he ever made such an offer. Thinks it was very unkind 



