294 Miscellaneous Papers 



From Didelot to [N. M.] Gellee, Passy. 1779. August 3. 



Requests him not to fail to call at his house and bring M. Darbau- 

 mont's books. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) XL VII, 159. 



By The Continental Congress. 1779. August 6. 



Resolution that the Commissioners and others in Europe, transmit 

 their accounts, etc., to the Board of Treasury for settlement and that 

 a suitable person be appointed to examine said accounts. D. S. Cha[rle]s 

 Thomson, Sec[retar]y. i p. (In duplicate.) LXXV, 82a, and 83a. 



Printed in Journals of Congress, Philadelphia, 1782, V, 308. 



From W[illia]m Sharp to James Cuming. 

 1779. August 6. Philadelphia. 



Sends him $360 to invest in Brittany linens. A. L. S. i p. 



XLVII, 160. 



By Rich[ar]d Neave. 1779. August 9. Passy. 



Oath of allegiance to the United States. D. S. i p. LXXIV, 26. 



By Rich[ar]d Neave, Jr. 1779. August 9. Passy. 

 Oath of allegiance to the United States. D. S. i p. LXXIV, 27. 



From John Torris to [Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel] 

 de Sartine. 1779. August 11. 



Account of a cruise of the American privateer, " Black Prince," 

 in the Channel and off the coast of England. Brought into Brest the 

 ship " Good Will," Capt. Power, which was condemned by the Ad- 

 miralty at Brest, but, after six weeks, orders have not yet been given 

 to have the vessel and cargo sold. The cargo is of a perishable nature 

 and great loss is incurred by those who took the prize. Requests M. 

 de Sartine to issue orders to allow the " Good Will " to be sold, 

 also the packet boat " Dublin," from Bristol to Dublin, captured on 

 another cruise. L. S. 2 p. (In French. Copy.) XLVII, 161. 



From to Cradock Taylor, Aix. 



1779. August 17. Toulon. 



Not surprising that he was treated as a prisoner of war, though 

 an American subject, as he was captured in the English service. Can- 



