From the Comte Sutton de Clonard
al: American Philosophical Society
15 March 1779./.

M. de Clonard has the honour of presenting his best Compliments, & prays him to Send him per Bearer the two Passports, he left with him yesterday, & the needfull papers he was so kind as to Say he would add to ’em, & for which he returns his thanks.

He also prays that when a Cartel Ship will come for the Exchange of prisoners, He may think of ordering that Thomas Wilkinson formerly Pilot of the Drake Arm’d Ship, & now prisoner on his parole at St. Pol de Leon in Brittany may be comprehended in the first Exchange—

Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsr. Franklin Ministre / Plenipotentiaire des Etats unis / de l’Amerique— / à Passy./.
Endorsed: M. le Comte de Clonard Thos Wilkinson to be one of the first Prisoners exchang’d—
Notations in different hands: Le Comte de 15. March 1779. / Clonard le Comte de 15. March 1779.
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