John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 6 August 1778

John Paul Jones to the Commissioners

Passy Augt. 6th. 1778

Gentlemen

By a resolve of Congress1 the Seamen who engaged to Serve in the Ranger under my Command were furnished Individually with forty Dollars, the Landsmen with Twenty Dollars Advance in Continental Bills at the time of Entry. They have Also been supplyed with Slops from time to time to a considerable Amount. And they received a small Advance in Cash from my hands at Nantes last Winter.

I conceive it to be my Duty to represent these circumstances to you, And I naturally hope that you will Order recipts to be given to me for my indemnification, And that my Stores, and furniture &ca. be delivered up.

I beg you to recommend the Men who landed with me at Whitehaven to the Bounty of Congress Agreeable to your promise, and I have the Honor to be with Sentiments of due Esteem & Respect Gentlemen Your very Obliged very Obedient very humble Servant,

Jno P Jones

RC (PPAmP: Franklin Papers); docketed, not by JA: “Capt Jones 6 August.”

1. The resolution of 29 March 1777, which applied to all men entering the Continental service (JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, 1904–1937; 34 vols. description ends , 7:207).

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Title: John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 6 August 1778
Author: Jones, John Paul
Recipients: First Joint Commission at Paris
Adams, John
Date: 6 August 1778

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Cite as: “John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 6 August 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-06-02-0269. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 6, March–August 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983, pp. 352–353.]