Miscellaneous Papers 315 



By The Continental Congress. 1780. December 23. 



Instructions to John Laurens, as Minister at the Court of Versailles. 

 Copy of D. S. Samuel Huntington, President. 4 p. (Press copy.) 



LXXV, 4. 



Printed in Diplom. Corresp. of Am. Rev., Wharton, IV, 205. 



From B[enjamin] F[ranklin] B[ache] to Mr. and Mrs. [Richard] 

 Bache. 1780. December 25. Geneva. 



Wishes them a happy New Year; tells how much he enjoys it at 

 Geneva; his pleasure in collecting butterflies. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) CII, 143. 



From [Gen. Chevalier de] Laneuville to Doctor [Edward] Bancroft. 



[Circa 1780.] 



Laneuville and his brother arrived at Yorktown without their papers. 

 Congress did iiot give him his commission. After waiting some time, 

 he joined [Gen. Horatio] Gates's army as an Inspector General which 

 position he held until Washington's army joined Gates's. He then 

 resigned and finished the campaign as a volunteer. He returned to 

 Philadelphia to present his claims to Congress. Owing to the discontent 

 of the American officers at having foreigners command them, he could not 

 get a commission, only a brevet. He wishes now to return to America 

 if he can do so in an honorable manner. His record can be found in 

 the War Office. If he cannot return, he wishes Dr. Bancroft to do 

 all in his power for his brother [Normiont de Laneuville] in America. 

 A. L. S. 4 P- (In French.) LXII, 64. 



By Rey de Morande, of Cadiz. [Circa 1780.] 



Form of agreement to deliver at a port in the United States, a 

 cargo of 180 cannon and bring back a cargo of tobacco on the account 

 of the Continental Congress. Mem. 2 p. LXIV, 51. 



From Thomas Wren to William Hodgson, London. 

 1 78 1. January 8. Portsmouth. 



Received a letter from Mr. D requesting him to advance to the 



prisoners one shilling per week from New Year's day to April. The 

 French landed 7,000 men on the Island of Jersey and took it. Had 

 no naval force there. A. L. S. 2 p. XL VII, 189. 



