Letters to Benjamin Franklin 317 



From J[acques] F[rangois] Crespin and Aimable Titoix. 

 1780. November 28. Dunkirk. 



Served with Capt. Conyngham on the "Revenge"; have been de- 

 prived of their share of the prize-money and also their pay for nearly 

 three years, during which time they languished in English prisons; 

 beg for assistance. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XX, 93. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1780. November 28. Nantes. 



Dispute between M. de Chaumont and himself decided in his favor. 

 Two gentlemen of his own appointing (M. Rozee and M. Montau- 

 douin) have decided the freight to be payable only after the goods are 

 loaded at I'Orient and Messrs. Jauge & Co. (Mr. de Chaumont's 

 correspondents) of Bordeaux, have, of their own accord, reduced the 

 measurement of the ship to a reasonable tonnage. Requests him to 

 send his dispatches for the " Mars " by return of post as she will by 

 that time be ready to sail. The " Hercules," Captain [John] Carey, 

 bound to Baltimore, of sixteen guns and eighty men, will sail with 

 the " Mars." A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVIII, 71. 



By The Continental Congress. 1780. November 28. 



Extract from the instructions to B[enjamin] Franklin. D. 5 p. 

 (Press copy.) LXXV, 3. 



Printed in Diplom. Corres. of Am. Rev., Wharton, IV, 163. 



From Le Rouge. 1780. November 29. 



Begs Franklin to send him the corrected proof. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) XX, 94. 



From John Adams. 1780. November 30. Amsterdam. 



Franklin's financial burdens. Mr. Searle's sanguine picture of Amer- 

 ican affairs. Affairs in Holland. A gentleman in Amsterdam com- 

 missioned by England to hire as many vessels as he possibly can to 

 carry troops to America. L. S. 4 p. XX, 95. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 518). 



From Mme. Brillon. [Circa 1780.] November 30. 



M. [de] Mauduit [Duplessis] will be at her house Wednesday 

 evening with an officer who desires to meet Franklin. This officer 

 had captured an English vessel. A. L. 2 p. (In French.) XLIII, 31. 



