The American Commissioners to Sartine
ALS: Archives de la Marine; AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society;
two copies: National Archives
<Passy, June 3: We enclose a list of duties paid in Bordeaux on
supplies for the Boston. Such payment is unusual for warships,
and we ask you to regulate the practice in future. The captain
of the Ranger has put his prizes into the hands of the intendant
or commandant at Brest, and consequently heavy fees will be
paid when they are sold; the transaction is improper, and we
beg you to instruct the commandant to deliver the ships forthwith
to Mr. Schweighauser on his order. We are asked to give
a letter of marque, if agreeable to you, to a ship outfitted in
Dunkirk with a crew of French, English, and Americans.>
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