1To Benjamin Franklin from John Dalton et al., 9 December 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We Received your Letter Dated the 28th, of November Whitch We have Shown to the gentelmen that Commited us To Prison But they Say that they Cannot Clear us untill you apply to the Great Admiral in Paris. We beg the favor of Your Honnour to apply to him as quick as Posible, for We are Worse hear then We Was In Mill Prison amonge our Enemies. As for the Boat...
2To Benjamin Franklin from John Dalton et al., 11 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society This Comes to Inform you that A Number of us Americans on the 3d of this Instant broke out of Mill Prison in England and Six of us had the good fortune to Take a boat and Crossed the Channel of England to France and arrived the 8th Instant and now we are taken up upon Suspicion of being Englishmen and put into Jail and we humbly beg that you may Relieve us...