( 1 9 2 , ) 
from M. André-Pierre Ledru who , by the 
order of the French government , is on a 
voyage to America , for the purpose of Ma- 
kiag observations and inquiries in natural 
history, seven hundred and sixty eiîght let- 
ters, or commercial papers, as bills of ex¬ 
change , etc. , adressed by different mer- 
chants of London , Liverpool, Birmingham , 
Manchester, etc., to lheir correspondents in 
the united States of America, viz in the lowns 
of Philadelphia , Charles Town , Baltimore , 
Boston, et in the States of Virginia et Caro- 
lina. — The whole of these papers where on 
board the ship Ellice, captain Harvey, who 
vailed from London bound to New-Yorck, 
in aqgust 1797, and being taken by a French 
privater , Carried in to Porlo-Bicco , and 
there condemned et sold ; there papers wefe 
deiiverecl to the said M. Ledru , by whom 
they areintrusted lo my Gare, to bÿdeli- 
vered accordiug to lheir respective address. 
— I, therefore delived te M. Ledru this re- 
ceipt. Drawn up, and Visned , at Porto- 
Ricco. This first day of apriï • 13798. 
Signed : Tho. Henry Surgeon of the ame- 
rican ship New-Jersey , of Philadelphia. 
I hereby acknowlegge to hâve reeeived 
