John Bondfield to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Bordeaux, August 26, 1778: Last evening arrived one of Captain
McNeill’s prizes, the brig Archangel, taken at latitude 72°
N. longitude 25° E. while en route from Archangel to London.
A boat from Boston belonging to Basmarein & Co. has
arrived but brings no news. Captain Ayres continues to decline;
I have sent him to the country but the doctor believes
he is too far gone. The ship [General Arnold] is ready for sea
on short notice.>
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