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John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 28 April 1778

John Bondfield to the Commissioners

Bordeaux 28 April 1778

Hond Sirs

Messrs. Palmes Livingston and Heywood1 arrived here the 25th by whom I was favor’d with the Letter you honor’d me with under date 15th Instant.

In consiquence of your Instructions I have received from Captain Tucker an Indent for the provission the respective officers will attend the examination tomorrow to inspect the quality which with the other articles required I shall endeavour to expedite in the course of this week. The Mast has thrown the work much Back. We have received no inteligence from the Out Ports having no Arrivals since my last. I have the honor to be with due Respect Your honors Most Obedient Humble Servant

John Bondfield

RC (Adams Papers).

1. Probably William Haywood, who, with John Bondfield and Muscoe Livingston, posted bond for the privateer Governor Livingston on 26 Oct. (Cal. Franklin Papers, A.P.S. description begins I. Minis Hays, comp., Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1908; 5 vols. description ends , 3:432).

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    John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 28 April 1778
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    First Joint Commission at Paris
    Adams, John
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    28 April 1778

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    “John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 28 April 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-06-02-0049. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 6, March–August 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983, p. 63.]