Tristram Barnard to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<[Paris], October 9, [1778]: For four years this humble petitioner,
away from America, has been in English, though not in
government, service. My only claim to supporting the American
cause is the relief I have given to many prisoners. I want
to serve by transporting goods to the rising American states,
and request a pass from London to Spain for this purpose.
There are two gentlemen in London who would join me in
procuring a vessel for sailing with the English convoy to
Spain and thence to America.>
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