John Langdon to Continental Committee for Foreign Affairs, June 5, 1778

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Portsmouth. [N.H.] June 5^th. 1778

Your favor ⅌ Express without date I Rec^d. (as also the Dispatches for France,) the 2^d. Instant since which there has not been a fair wind, the Schooner Amity Cap^t. Palmer¹ will Sail the first wind with the Dispatches as she is Compleatly Ready; this vessell I purchased for Acc^t of the Continent for this particular purpose I have given Orders to Cap^t. Palmer, to Proceed with all Possable Dispatch for the first port in France he can make, and immediately to wait on the Hon^bl. Commissioners at Paris and Deliver the letters with his own hand I have the Honour to be [&c.]

John Langdon

L, DNA, PCC, item 78, vol. 14, fols. 227–30 (M247, roll 98), Addressed below close: “The Honb^l./Committee for/Foreign Affairs." Addressed on cover: "The Honorable/Committee of Congress—/For Foreign Affairs/York-Town/Pennsylvania." Docketed: “June 5^th 1778/John Langdon Esq^r/rec^d 25^th. " Notation on cover: "Fo. Affairs." Notation under dateline: "rec^d. 25^th."

1. Schooner Amity, Thomas Palmer, master, was captured on 12 June by H.M.S. Experiment off Monhegan I., Me. See Master's Journal of H.M.S. Experiment, 12 June, below.

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Date

1778 June 5

Volume

Volume 13

Series

American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778