I had the honnor to address your Excellency by my last letter of 11th. inst, 13 receipts for monies disbursed for Sundry american prisonners and to advise of my drafts on your Excellency of £894. 8—: and at the same time to communicate Capn. Coreil’s request to obtain a passport for his brig General Washington to proceed to Philadelphia. Being since deprived of the favour of your Excellencys answer and Capn. Coreil making dayly applications to me to know the results of his request, his vessell being now ready for Sea I humbly beg your Excellency will be pleased to favour me with a few lines to inform me wether that Gentleman may expect the wish’d for passport, in order to avoid a prejudicial Detention of his Vessell in this Harbour. Capn. Coreil has promised me to give their passage to sundry american prisonners which arrived here lately from England, enclosed I remit five receipts from those I have relieved since my

I am Sorry to inform your Excellency that a ship on     of which I procured a passage for four of the men whose receipts I sent in my last letter, has been drove on shore and wrecked the 22d. inst, and they narrowly escaped their lives. As these poor men stand now more then ever in need of assistance, I hope your Excellency will not desaprove that I supply them with a little more money for their absolute necessaries. I have the honnor to remain with due respect Your Excellencys Most obedient and most Humble Servant