Benjamin Franklin Papers

The American Commissioners to Sartine, 23 June 1778: résumé

The American Commissioners to Sartine5

AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: National Archives

<Passy, June 23, 1778: Mr. Joy Castle of Philadelphia informs us that his bark Jane, William Castle master, and her cargo have been seized at Bordeaux on the King’s order as British property.6 He is an American citizen, abroad because of sickness in the family, and now wants to return home, where he has an estate. His ship was loaded with provisions in Ireland and put in at Bordeaux to reload for the United States. He has taken the oath of allegiance. We believe his statement and ask to have his property restored and his vessel cleared.7>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

5. Published in Butterfield, John Adams Diary, IV, 141–2.

6. See William Castle’s petition above, before June 22.

7. Sartine’s reply is below, June 26.

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    Title
    The American Commissioners to Sartine, 23 June 1778: résumé
    Authors
    American Commissioners
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Lee, Arthur
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Sartine, Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de
    Date
    23 June 1778

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    “The American Commissioners to Sartine, 23 June 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0602. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 26, March 1 through June 30, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987, pp. 672–673.]