Paris 17 July 1778
Sir
at length, I have got your dispatches1 & this day Sett out for Nantes, with Capt Whipples Letters; which, as they concern you, it is Necessary he Should have; & his Letter to you to be brought by Me will Setle, your future planns—2
I cannot be at Lorient So Soon as the post, as I take Nantes in my way this will therefore acquaint you, of my Rout, & that you may Expect Me Thursday Next3 if nothing happens to prevent me, on the Road Such as Sickness &c— I am Sir [&c.]
M Livingston
L, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers, no. 66. Addressed: “Samuel Tucker Esqr/Commander of Frigate/Boston at/Lorient.” Docketed: “M- Livingston/Parris July. 17th. 1778/Copyd.”
1. See American Commissioners in France to Tucker, 13 July, above.
2. See Livingston to the American Commissioners in France, 21 July, below.
3. That is, 23 July.
