We have made bold once more of troubleing your Honour, with A petition as we are hear In Clost confinment, and hoping your Honour Will take our case into Consideration, and try to Do something for us, to Relieve us from this Prison, for when we arrived hear at this port first There was two of the French Officers went and told The Commisary A partial of Stuf nobody knows What, and cast us into Prison, and we not Understanding the langague to Vendicate our Cause they took all advantage of us they possible could, they told how we had A hand In taking of the Cartel, which thing we Was Entirely Innesont of, there was but Only us two Americans, Officers on Board and we think very heard that we was the Only two, that they pickd out to put into Prison, amongst a matter of Sixtey.

I have wrote to my Merchant in Dunkirk And he Informed me, that he would write To your Excellency about me, now I have Sent to the Commisary to Day, to know for What I am hear for, and he Inform me I must Lay hear till further orders, till he can hear From you, and then he shall take me Out and let me have Examnation for I was put hear without any at all, and Likewise my Lieut. that is hear along with Me, and hear we lay Spending our time and money for nothing at all.

I suppose that there has Been as many As Twenty letters and petitions wrote about Us, and Cant get no Answer from any of them, or else we should been out Foure weeks ago, and for God sace if you have any Regard for an American I hope your Honour will Send Answer.

I Was two Years in the Continental army, and Three Years in England in Prison, and I have got hear to France And now they have put me hear in prison, and I have nothing more particular to transmit. Sir I hop your Honour will be so god as to Send Answer Sir we are your Humble petitioners and ever Bound pray