John Bondfield to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Bordeaux, January 23, 1779: While visiting you on January
9, I inquired about the convoy we requested. I must also request
passes by return post for four of our vessels, the Molly,
the Chasseur, the Governor Livingston, and the Mary Fearon, all
the property of James Price, William Haywood, and John
Bondfield. Letters from Cadiz report the capture of an American
ship loaded with tobacco and rice, sent into Gibraltar.
Also reported is an engagement between d’Estaing and the
English fleet at the end of November. Letters from Martinique
report ports blockaded by English cruisers. The British are
daily in expectation of d’Estaing. You will have learned of the
arrival of a vessel at Morlaix.>
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