1. The southernmost point on the Irish coast.

2. Here was the first news to reach the Commissioners of the progress of John Paul Jones’ foray into the Irish Sea that began on 10 April and culminated in a raid on the town of Whitehaven on the English coast. Jones and the Ranger returned to Brest on 8 May. For his account of the expedition, see his letters to the Commissioners of 9 and 27 May (both below).

On 1 May, Moylan wrote a second letter to the Commissioners (PPAmP: Franklin Papers) concerning the Lord Chatham and the problems that would attend its sale because of the power Jones had given to the Admiralty authorities over its disposition. Moylan’s prediction of difficulties proved accurate, for it was not until mid-August that the vessel was sold (Morison, John Paul Jones description begins Samuel Eliot Morison, John Paul Jones, a Sailor’s Biography, Boston and Toronto, 1959. description ends , p. 166–167; Jones to Jonathan Williams, 23 Aug., Cal. Jones Manuscripts description begins Calendar of John Paul Jones Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, Washington, 1903. description ends , p. 48).

3. Moylan, a merchant, was the American commercial agent at Lorient (“Letters of Mrs. Ann Biddle Wilkinson from Kentucky, 1788–1789,” ed. Thomas Robson Hay, PMHB description begins Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. description ends , 56:53, note 5 [Jan. 1932]).