Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to ——— Berubé de Costentin, 15 August 1778

The American Commissioners to —— Berubé de Costentin1

Copy:2 National Archives

Passi Augt. 15th 1778

Sir,

We desire you will allow Mr. Thomas Wilkinson,3 one of the Prisoners made by the Ranger, and now in your Hospital, to go into the Country for the benefit of his health, on his parole. We are Sir your most obedient Servants Signd

A L. J A.
Dr F. being out

Monsr. Beroubé de Constantine Negt. a Brest

1. The man Schweighauser had put in charge of American vessels and prizes in Brest. See Costentin to BF, Aug. 24.

2. In Arthur Lee’s hand.

3. He had been the pilot of the Drake. See Comte Sutton de Clonard to BF, March 15, 1779. APS.

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    The American Commissioners to ——— Berubé de Costentin, 15 August 1778
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
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    Berubé de Costentin, ——
    Date
    15 August 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to ——— Berubé de Costentin, 15 August 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0230. [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, p. 254.]