Samuel Tucker to the American Commissioners
ALS: Massachusetts Historical Society
<Bordeaux, April 25, 1778: I had my mast condemned by a jury
of six carpenters, three merchant captains, and Mr. Bondfield.
You would have told me, I assume, if you intended to load
cargo; I have therefore begun to take in ballast. The King’s
officers are enticing men from me for the army; I retrieved five
today who were about to embark for St. Martin’s.>
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