John Bondfield to the American Commissioners
ALS: Massachusetts Historical Society
<Bordeaux, April 21, 1778: A ship arrived at Bilbao with a passenger
said to be carrying dispatches for you; he has left for
Paris and passed through Bayonne. A prisoner escaped from
New York has asked me to write you for a privateer’s commission;
a new ship suitable for him will be ready in twenty days,
and might sail with the Boston. I await your instructions for
provisioning the latter, which will soon be fully outfitted.>
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