Sartine to the Commissioners, 15 July 1778

Sartine to the Commissioners

Versailles, 15 July 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:161–162 (JA’s English translation). For the French text, see Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 94. Sartine’s letter concerned James Niggins and John Selby, prisoners at Nantes, who claimed to be American seamen pressed into service on an English privateer after the capture of their vessel, the ship Hancock. Sartine wished to know if the two men were known to the Commissioners as Americans and thus deserving of release.

printed: (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:161–162).

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: Sartine to the Commissioners, 15 July 1778
Author: Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de
Recipients: First Joint Commission at Paris
Adams, John
Date: 15 July 1778

Reference

Cite as: “Sartine to the Commissioners, 15 July 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-06-02-0224. [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. 292.]