Joseph Belton to the American Commissioners
ALS: Massachusetts Historical Society
<Passy, April 17, 1778: I was captured at sea last January en
route from Baltimore to Charleston, and imprisoned in England
until the Admiralty released me; I then came here needing
assistance. You will, I hope, lend me fifteen guineas, which
I will repay on my return to America.>
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