Jonathan Loring Austin to the American
Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Amsterdam, October 27, 1778: I will sail for St. Eustatia next
Wednesday or Thursday, as no direct passage for America is
available. Had I been able I would have told you sooner, so
you could send more dispatches. I doubt that Admiral
d’Estaing is in the precarious situation reported by the English
newspapers. American affairs provoke conflicting opinions in
the coffee houses here. I will take good care of your letters for
Congress, and will be honored by any further mention of me.
May all possible success attend your negotiations.>
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