Miscellaneous Papers 313 



From Antoine Gautier to Messrs. Faure, Donneau & Cie of 



Marseilles. 1780. October 19. Williamsburg [Va.]. 



Depreciation of the paper money issued by Congress and the different 

 States, and the loss which merchants in Europe will sustain. In- 

 demnity of £5,000 which he received from the State of Virginia, 

 for the loss of his ship " Senault I'Elegante " and cargo of tobacco, 

 has dwindled to about 287 dollars in specie. Suggests that the in- 

 surance firms submit to Dr. Franklin a claim for the entire £5,000. 

 Encloses a memorandum narrating how the French ship " Senault 

 I'Elegante," from Martinique, was beached in the Rappahannock river 

 to avoid capture by an English frigate. Finally betrayed into the hands 

 of the English, by the treachery of a company of Virginia militia of 

 400 men who prevented the crew from defending their vessel from the 

 shore where they had landed and trained guns on the English boats. L. 

 S. 7 p. (In French. Copy.) XL VII, 186. 



From Vitel to [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 1780. October 20. 



Gives the price of retinning. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



CII, 124b. 



From Lavinier to [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 



[1780.] October 20. Paris. 



Advises him to choose an honest tinker and not to drive too close 

 a bargain. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) CII, 124c. 



By Henry Bromfield, Jr. 1780. October 23. 

 Oath of allegiance to the United States. D. S. i p. LXXIV, 6. 



By The Treasurer of Loans. 1780. November i. 



Continental bills of exchange. S. F[rancis] Hopkinson. i p. 

 (Certified copy.) LXIV, 56. 



"The Growing Lock of Hair." 1780. November 7-9, 



Extract from the London Evening Post concerning a lock of hair 

 placed in a phial, where it remained untouched for twelve months, 

 when it was found to have grown six inches and thus continued to 

 grow yearly an equal length. Mem. i p. XLIX, 50. 



