James Moylan to the American Commissioners
ALS and copy: American Philosophical Society
<Lorient, August 17, 1778: The brig Lady Washington, Captain
Rowntree, arrived yesterday from the James River with a
cargo of tobacco, having sailed July 8. The captain tells me the
two armies were in New Jersey and the British transports still
in the Delaware. Washington’s army amounted to 18,000 men,
the people were in high spirits and money was appreciating in
value. D’Estaing’s fleet is expected daily.>
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