Philada October 3d 1776
[Copy] Gentn,
The bearer hereof Mr Wm Hodge Junr is a Young Gentn we esteem, he now goes for France Via the West Indies & is uncertain at what Port he may land. He has business with Silas Deane Esqr & our T Morris. We beg therefore you will furnish him with their Address, & render him any other Service, he may Stand in need of. If he wants money for Expences, Please to advance it, & his draft on Mr Deane will be Honored. Your Complyance will Oblige Gentn [&c.]
To Mr John Danl Schweighauser at Nantes Messrs Saml & J. H. Delap at Bourdeaux Mr Andw Limozin at Havre Messrs P. Steval & Son at Dunkirk
1. Papers CC (Other Reports of Committees of Congress), 37, 61, NA. Enclosed in Committee of Secret Correspondence to William Hodge, October 3.
