John Bondfield to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<La Rochelle, November 12, 1778: I concluded agreements
with Mr. Schweighauser for the public freight of the two ships
[the Governor Livingston and the Chasseur] which will proceed to
Paimboeuf next week. We, like the merchants of Nantes, have
applied for a convoy. These two ships will be very valuable;
an application from you should insure the convoy. We will not
sail without it. Mr. Livingston has decided it would be safer if
he retained command of his ship; I enclose the bond, modified
to reflect this change. I leave for Bordeaux today and on arrival
will attend to your instructions about M. Bertin’s cannon.>
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