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The American Commissioners to James Moylan, 31 August 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to James Moylan5

AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: National Archives

<Passy, August 31, 1778: We are pleased to hear from you of the good success as well as the adventurous and patriotic spirit of Capt. McNeill. When the prisoner exchange we have been promised is accomplished, his prisoners can be exchanged for a like number of our suffering countrymen. We will inform you when the necessary passports arrive. We expect in a few days new French regulations on prizes and prisoners; orders have already been sent to keep the prisoners in French prisons.6 Officers’ paroles have been generally taken.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

5. Published in Taylor, Adams Papers, VI, 414.

6. As earlier requested: commissioners to Sartine, July 16.

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    Title
    The American Commissioners to James Moylan, 31 August 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Moylan, James
    Date
    31 August 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to James Moylan, 31 August 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0306. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 27, July 1 through October 31, 1778, ed. Claude A. Lopez. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988, pp. 323–324.]