From Benjamin Franklin to David Gregorie, 9 October 1780
To David Gregorie
Copy: Library of Congress
Passy, Oct. 9. 1780.
Sir,
I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 30th. past. The king having by a late Ordinance directed the Council of Prizes to take Cognisance of Causes arising from the Conduct of Privateers fitted out in France by his Subjects, tho’ under American Commissions, I apprehend that your proper Application for Redress will be to that Council. As you may in the Course of Such Application have occasion for the papers you enclos’d to me, I shall hold them ready to be deliver’d to any Person you may appoint to call for them.3 I have the Honour to be, Sir,
M. David Gregorie, Mt. at Dunkirk.
3. On Oct. 21 Gregorie acknowledged BF’s letter, reported he was awaiting orders on whether to apply to French courts for redress, and asked BF to send the papers relating to the case to Girardot, Haller & Co. for forwarding to him (APS). WTF made a notation on it that this was done. There are no further letters from Gregorie among BF’s papers.