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The American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, 16 July 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple4

AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; copies: National Archives (two), Yale University Library

<Passy, July 16, 1778: We have instructed Lieut. Simpson, on whom command of the Ranger devolves now that Capt. Jones is on another service, to join you under your orders. The Boston, Providence, and Ranger should put to sea with all dispatch. Do your best to take or destroy British privateers within your reach. Leave your prisoners as Mr. Schweighauser directs.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. Published in Butterfield, John Adams Diary, IV, 162–3.

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    The American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, 16 July 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Whipple, Abraham
    Date
    16 July 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, 16 July 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0097. [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. 108–109.]