Abraham Whipple to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society; copy: Yale University Library
<Nantes, July 2, 1778: I received your letter of June 23 on the
30th; my orders are all that I could have wished. Officers and
men are working with a will to get the ship ready, which she
should be by the end of this month. I have space for more than
the fourteen bales of blankets that Mr. Schweighauser has for
me, and should gladly take the arms and stores that Mr. Williams,
I understand, has on hand. Please let me know soon so
as not to delay stowing. I enclose, as instructed, a list of prisoners
on board. Dispatches you send me will have my full
attention. The mainmast I expect to be in tomorrow.>
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