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answer in Franklin's own hand. Mr. [Baron] Sturler's departure for 

 Paris. Resolutions in the Holland Assembly. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) XXXIX, 80. 



From I. Bell and Walter Farquharson to David Hartley. 

 1779. February 5. Office of Sick and Hurt Seamen [London]. 



Are just about to send directions for the discharge of a hundred 

 American prisoners, at Plymouth, to be sent to France for a like number 

 of British prisoners there. L. S. I p. (Copy.) XIII, 80. 



From I. Bell, Walter Farquharson and Vin Corbett to [John D.] 

 Schweighauser. 1779. February 5. Office for Sick and Hurt 

 Seamen [London]. 



Announcing that one hundred American prisoners have been shipped 

 to Nantes and desiring that a like number of British prisoners may 

 be returned. Describes the treatment of the American prisoners, with 

 a table of their daily rations; asks for like information as regards the 

 British prisoners. L. S. 3 p. (Copy.) XIII, 80a. 



From Arthur Lee to Comte de Vergennes. 1779. February 5. Passy. 



Concerning a translation of a letter, signed Silas Deane, which is 

 to appear in the Courier de I'Europe; whether genuine or false, it con- 

 tains a discovery of the proceedings of some of the Representatives of 

 the United States in Europe and traduces grossly two of their present 

 negotiators; asks him to take such steps as he thinks proper to stop its 

 publication. L. i p. (Copy.) 



E. " Proposed letter to Count Vergennes which was not agreed 

 to." XIII, 84a. 



By The Continental Congress. 



1779. February 9, July 21 and September 4. 



Relative to the proceeds of the sale of the Portuguese snow [brig] 

 and the punishment of the persons guilty of the capture of the snow. 

 Copy of D. S. 3 p. LXXV, 74. 



Printed in Journals of Congress, Philadelphia, 1782, V, 47, 291 and 337. 



By Joseph Barker, et al. 1779. February 16. St. Pierre, Martinique. 



Deposition by American seamen who escaped from Mill Prison, Eng- 

 land, seized an armed lugger, the " Dolphin," and reached Martinique 

 where they were detained as prisoners. D. 2 p. LVII, 24. 



