290 Miscellaneous Papers 



From Ed[mu]nd White and James Powell to The Officers of His 

 Majesty's Ordnance. 1779. May 28. St. John's, Newfoundland. 



Notice that letters and dispatches have been sent to Placentia, to 

 be forwarded from there to Bristol. Accompanied by an order made 

 out by David Hay, for quadrants and perpendiculars for the fort. A. 

 L. S. and D. S. 2 p. LIV, 41. 



From Edni[un]d White to John Blackburn. 



1779. May 28. St. John's, Newf[oun]dland. 



The " Sibyl," frigate, arrived on the 22d, the Captain of which, being 

 the senior officer on station, countermanded the orders for the armed 

 vessel to proceed to England. L. S. i p. XL VII, 150. 



By The Continental Congress. 1779. June 5. 



Report of the Committee on Mr. de Francey's Memorial and action 

 thereon. D. S. Cha[rle]s Thompson, Sec[retar]y. 4 p. (In dupli- 

 cate.) LXXV, 75, 76. 



Printed in the Journals of Congress, Philadelphia, 1782, V, 243. 



By The Continental Congress. 1779. June 5. 



In reference to M. Beaumarchais's accounts. D. S. Cha[rle]s Thom- 

 son, Sec[retar]y. i p. LXXV, 78. 



From John G. Frazer to Cradock Taylor, Aix, Provence. 



1779- June 7. Bordeaux. 



Was informed that he was a prisoner on parole at Aix, taken on the 

 "Zephyr." Mr. Cox and he were at Aix last October; had he known 

 that he was one of the prisoners he would have made it a point to see 

 him. His family connections. If he has any inclination to return 

 to his native country and can, with any degree of honor, leave the 

 service he is in, he will obtain his liberty by writing to Benjamin Frank- 

 lin. Assures him there are great opportunities in America for young 

 men and that the independence of America will be established. A. L. 

 S. 3 p. XLVII, 151. 



