Joseph Chase to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Nantes, February 8, 1779: I beg you to send my brother Reuben
Chase’s discharge from Dinan; I can go get him, or perhaps
you could have him discharged without necessitating a
trip on my part. He is ill and suffers in close confinement,
although he finds no fault in his usage as a prisoner. I am
sorry that I neglected to speak of this when I was in Paris, for
had I anticipated the delay occasioned here by ice on the river,
I could have gone directly to Dinan. Would you also procure
the discharge of John Blyth, as well as of Caleb Gardner and
Ichabod Clarke, prisoners whom I failed to mention when I
was with you? They and others would gladly sail in any ship
belonging to America.>
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