3i8 Miscellaneous Papers 



From Dawrey to William Hodgson, London. 



1 78 1. March 27. Plymouth. 



Received Messrs. Welsh, Rogers and Co.'s note he sent to him for 

 £46 for the American prisoners. A. L. S. 3 p. XLVII, 196. 



From The Pennsylvania Journal. 1781. March 28. Philadelphia. 



Description of an engagement between the English and French fleets 

 on the 1 6th inst., near Cape Charles. Mem. 4 p. (In duplicate.) 



LIV, 100. 



Fro?n J[olin] L[aurens] to The President of Congress. 



1 78 1. April 9. Versailles. 



Informed by Comte de Vergennes that His Majesty determined to 

 guarantee a loan of ten millions to be opened in Holland, in favor 

 of the United States, in addition to the six millions granted as a 

 gratuitous gift and the four millions appropriated for the payment of 

 bills of exchange drawn by Congress on their Minister Plenipotentiary. 

 Will endeavor to procure an advance from the Treasury of France, 

 to be replaced by the proposed loan. Will renew solicitations for the 

 supplies of Ordnance and military stores on credit, that the six millions 

 may not be absorbed by those objects. Was assured by the Marquis 

 de Castries that the naval superiority, in their favor, will be established 

 on the American coast, in the ensuing campaign. Court of London re- 

 fused the offer of mediation of Russia, between her and America. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. (Copy.) XLVII, 197. 



[^By John Laurens.] 1781. April 17. 



Particulars as to artillery and ammunition needed and at what 

 arsenals in France they can be obtained. Mem. i p. (In French.) 



LXI, 115. 



From John Laurens to Louis XVI. 1781. April 18. Paris. 



Memorial addressed by him as special Minister of the United States. 

 Exposes the critical situation in the United States and the need of 

 prompt and efficient help from her ally, France. Begs that the necessary 

 artillery, munitions of war, equipments and stores be taken from the 

 Royal Arsenals and sold on credit to the United States; that a sum 



