Letters to Benjamin Franklin 435 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1781. January 25. Nantes. 



[Le Ray] de Chaumont approaching bankruptcy; before this occurs 

 advises the purchase from him of a lot of goods ready for America. The 

 ship at Bordeaux to be forced to go to I'Orient. A. L. S. 4 p. 



V, 5. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1781. January 27. Nantes. 



Information received in a letter from Joseph Wharton, that Col. 

 [John] Laurens is appointed Envoy Extraordinary to Paris, on par- 

 ticular business only; Mr. [William] Palfrey coming as Consul-General 

 of France. Prisoners captured by the Americans. A. L. S. 3 p. 



V, 6. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1781. February i. Nantes. 



Desiring to know what answer to make to the prisoners who are 

 continually begging to be exchanged. Encloses a letter for M. [Jacques] 

 Necker. A. L. S. 2 p. V, 7. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1781. February 4. Nantes. 



The ship, " Marquis de la Fayette," not yet at I'Orient. The 

 "Aurora" illegally detained at I'Orient, for freight charges. Glad [Le 

 Ray] de Chaumont has resumed payment. A. L. S. 3 p. V, 8. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1781. February 9. Nantes. 



Concerning the arrest of Mark Anthony, the writer's black servant; 

 encloses certificate of emancipation and asks that application be made 

 to the French Ministers to secure his release. A. L. S. 3 p. V, 9. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1781. February 9. Nantes. 



Enclosing a letter just received by the brig "Sally"; the English 

 fleet still in Gardiner's Bay [New York] and the French in Rhode 

 Island. A. L. S. i p. V, 10. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1781. February 14. Nantes. 



Concerning a convoy for the vessel " Marquis de la Fayette," which 

 will soon be freighted for America. A consul much needed at Nantes, 

 in order to enlist American seamen in the American service. A. L. S. 

 2 p. V, II. 



