From — Rolland
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Bellême au Perche, August 24, 1777, in French: Because I
have been to America several times, two families have asked
me how to emigrate and settle there. The head of one is a
retired pilot; the other wants to farm the rich land of Pennsylvania.
They ask for recommendations and a free passage to
Philadelphia. Unless the war prevents your obliging them, they
will go with their small nest eggs to Nantes, the port nearest
them, as soon as they have arranged their affairs and obtained
passports.>
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