Passy Augt. 6th. 1778.
Gentlemen
By a resolve of Congress the Seamen who engaged to Serve in the Ranger under my Command were furnished Individually with forty Dollars—the Landsmen with Twenty Dollars Advance in Continental Bills at the time of Entry.- They have Also been supplyed with slops from time to time to a considerable amount—And they received a small Advance in Cash from my hands at Nantes last Winter.
I conceive it to be my Duty to represent these circumstances to you—And I naturally hope that you will Order recipts to be given to me for my indemnification—And that my Stores, & furniture &c. be delivered up. I beg you to recommend the men who landed with me at Whitehaven to the Bounty of Congress Agreeable to your promise and I have the Honor to be [&c]1
Jno P Jones
L, PPAmP, Benjamin Franklin Papers, vol. 11, no. 24. Addressed below close: “Their Excellencies/the American Plenipotentiaries, Court of France.” Docketed on separate sheet: “Capt Jones/6 August 78.”
1. The Commissioners replied on 10 Aug., below.
