1To George Washington from Pierre Roussilles, 12 August 1787 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to address the enclosed memorial to you, which will show the justice of my complaints & demands, your great heart will not be insensible to it & on you alone have I placed my hope. I am respectfully Sir, Yr most Hble & obedt Servt Translation, in Tobias Lear’s hand, DLC:GW ; ALS , in French, DLC:GW . At the end of his letter Roussilles (Roussille) wrote: “Mon adresse maison de Mme...
2Enclosure: Memorial, 12 August 1787 (Washington Papers)
The Memorial of Pierre Roussilles sheweth—That he is the son of a merchant of Bordeaux; and that he entered as a volunteer on board the Boston Frigate commanded by Captn Tucker on the 22d of may 1778—on the 19th June they took a prize on board of which the memorialist embarked to sail for Boston; but on their way thither they were retaken by a British frigate & carried to Portsmouth in Engld...