28o Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From E[dward Jackson] Jones. 1780. August 11. Paris. 



Requesting a small loan to enable him to leave for Bordeaux where 

 he wishes to embark for America; a detailed account of his actions 

 since embarking for Florida in the year 1768, and the causes which 

 led to his present penniless condition. A. L. S. 5 p. XIX, 59. 



From Gourlade & Moylan. 1780. August 11. L'Orient. 



Nothing delays the departure of the " Ariel " but the settlement 

 of the "Bon Homme Richard's" prize-money and wages; urgent need 

 of some conclusion to this affair. A. L. S. i p. (Enclosed is a French 

 translation.) XIX, 60. 



From J[ohn] Torris. 1780. August 11. Dunkirk. 



Acknowledging the judgment for the first five ransoms of the " Black 

 Princess " ; has received no answer as yet relative to her commission. 

 Believes Capt. John Bell, with his boy, are still prisoners at St. Omer, 

 his brig " Hopewell " having been taken by the " Black Prince " and 

 afterwards retaken by the enemy; hopes his long sufferings may be 

 soon brought to an end by his exchange. A. L. S. 2 p. XIX, 61. 



From William Hodgson. 1780. August 11. London. 



The "Board of Sick and Hurt" informed him that the Lords of 

 the Admiralty could not change their former resolution to exchange 

 man for man of the American prisoners against man for man of His 

 Majesty's subjects, taken by American vessels in Europe. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XIX, 62. 



From [Major Pierre Frangois] de Boy. 1780. August 12. Paris. 



Enclosing a copy of his petition sent to the Minister of Marine; lost 

 all his things when the British troops took Brunswick; suffered greatly 

 during his three years' service in America, but was granted a thousand 

 dollars by Congress to defray his expenses to France; his capture by the 

 enemy. A. L. S. i p. XIX, 63. 



From Cossoul. 1780. August 12. Nantes. 



Concerning bills accepted by him. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XIX, 64. 



