The American Commissioners to Any Governor or
Member of a Council or House of Representatives of
an American State
LS: Massachusetts Archives; AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical
Society; copies: National Archives (two), Pennsylvania State Archives,
Public Record Office; two transcripts: National Archives
<Passy, May 18, 1778: We have received reliable word that
eleven British ships of the line are at St. Helen’s, near Portsmouth,
bound for North America. You are requested to forward
this letter as quickly as possible to any French naval commander,
and to publish the contents in the newspapers.>
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