1The Commissioners to Sartine, 16 July 1778 (Adams Papers)
Passy, 16 July 1778. 4:164
2The Commissioners to Sartine, 22 July 1778 (Adams Papers)
We have the Honour of your Excellencys Letters of July the 15th, and 18th.14 July
3Arthur Lee and John Adams to Sartine, 13 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
Your Excellency s Letter of the Twenty ninth of July, inclosing a Plan for a System of Regulations for Prizes and Prisoners, We had the Honour of receiving in due Time, and are very Sorry it has remained, so long unanswered.Art. 2 concerned the entry of a prize into port without the intention of selling it there, and Art. 4 dealt with the sale of a prize in the port into which it was taken.