Miscellaneous Papers 



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From The Continental Congress to Louis XVI. 



1779- July lO. Philadelphia. 



Petition for needed military and naval stores, an estimate of which 

 the American Minister is prepared to give. Pledge repayment. Prom- 

 ise not to conclude peace without the concurrence of France. D. S. 

 John Jay, President. 3 p. LIV, 52. 



From General [Frederich William Augustus Henry Ferdinand, 



Baron von] Steuben to Richard Casw^ell, Governor of North 



Carolina. 1779. July 12. New Windsor. 



Wrote a letter to him which he intended to send together with a 

 copy of the " Regulations [for the Discipline of the Troops of the 

 United States," Philadelphia: 1779], before he left Philadelphia to take 

 charge of the army; the Board of War promised to transmit both, 

 but sent the letter only. Is sorry for the mistake. Encloses a copy 

 of the Regulations. A. L. S. i p. XLVII, 156. 



From Joshua Johnson to Edward Bancroft, Paris. 

 1779- July 13. Nantes. 

 Introduces Nicholas Barker, of Rotterdam, and begs him to intro- 

 duce Mr. Barker to Dr. Franklin. A. L. S. i p. XLVII, 157. 



By The Captain, Crew and Passengers of the Sloop, "Charlotte." 



1779. July 20. 



Parole of the Captain, crew and passengers captured by the Amer- 

 ican privateer, " Black Prince," of Boston, Captain Stephen Marchant. 

 D. S. Morgan Jenkins, et al. i p. LIV, 53. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr., to J[ohn] D. Schweighauser. 



1779- July 21. Nantes. 



Concerning the exchange of prisoners. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVIII, 41. 



From Robert Bollard to The Principal Officers of His Majesty's 

 Ordnance. 1779. July 28. Placentia, Newf [ounjdland. 



Hopes they will be pleased to grant him the usual allowance of 

 twelve guineas for travelling charges, to defray the expenses of his 

 passage from St. John's to this place. A. L. S. i p. XLVII, 158. 



