1To John Jay from John Paul Jones, 6 August 1785 (Jay Papers)
I came down here from Paris about a Fortnight ago, on the Business of the Prize Money belonging to the Subjects of the United States, who served in the Squadron I commanded in Europe. The enclosed Copy of a Letter from Mons r . Soulanges the Commandant at Toulon to the Juges et Consuls at Nantes, dated at Toulon the 14 th . of last Month, announcing that the Algerines have declared War against...