Paris Septr 25th 1777
Sir
I received your Favors of the 20th & am obliged to you for your kind Offer & now send you a Letter to the honl Robt Morriss Esqr which I pray You to forward to him instantly after your Arrival in America.2 it is of some Consequence, & if you should meet with any Accident pray it may be destroyed. I am wishing you a successful Voyage Sir [&c.]
Captn Truxun of the Mars at Nantes —
S. D.
1. Silas Deane Letter Book (August, 1777 - March, 1778), 18, ConnHS.
2. Deane's letter concerned the conduct of Thomas Morris, half-brother of Robert Morris, Silas Deane Letter Book (August, 1777 - March, 1778), 24-30, ConnHS.
