May it Please Your Excellency
L. Orient March 23d 1780
This is to Inform your Honor that there is Sixteen Men Exchanged
from Plymoth out of Mill Prison, and was put on Shore at Mourlax
and made the best of their Way to this port. We was rece’d Very
Cooly by the Agents here and being very Destitute of Money and
Cloths we take the Liberty to Crave your Kindness to Let us have a
Small Sum of Money to be Deducted out of our Wages and Prise Money
in the Continental Service. The principle part of us has been from
three to 4 Years in the Service. Underneath you have the Prisoners
Names that was released out of Mill prison and the Name of each
Vessel. I have the Honor to Subscribe in behalf of the Whole Your
most Obedient and very himble Servant