Sir.

We have established in France a house the firme of Pliarne Penet & Co at Nantes destinated only for the Correspondence with the united states. the honorable Continental Congress have been supplied there already & they will take for the future all the Articles they shall want for the Army & other purposes.

We believe Necessary to inform you that it is upon the encouragement & the assurances we have Receiv'd from the Congress we have Got in Magazines in france a Very Large Quantity of Goods & Every other Articles suitable to the present Circumstances the States are in.

in Consequence of that, Sir, we flater ourselves the Commitees will address their Vessels to that house & you May depend upon this, you will Find there immediately Every thing you will want.

But there is an other very important adventage you Must be acquainted with. the Commitees & the Merchants Meeting with Great difficulties to send Money to Europe, our house has taken that in Consideration & you May Now have Bills upon our house, We will take here the Continental Money.

Our house is at Nantes in Britanny & we have Chosen that port, because it is the best situated for the Business of this Continent. if you send your Cargoes from America to the other Ports, Nantz is in the Center & out of the Channel & after your Capts will have sold their Cargoes in the other ports they May Go immediately to Nantz to be Loaded, & that speculation you will find it adventageous, because from Bordeaux, La Rochelle L'orient & the other ports, in 1, 2 3 days you Get to Nantz, & you will find the Articles Cheaper there, Because our Great Business with the Continent will determine our house to Give the Greatest Satisfaction to the honorable Continental Congress, the Committees & the Merchants.

Added to these Reasons the Market of Nantz is Extremely Good. there is a Very Large River which passing through different Cities Makes the Consumption very great.

We will be, Sir, Much oblig'd to you for your Early advices to us there or here & we will furnish you with the bills you wou'd wish to have on them as we are .Determin'd to Reside here under the same ferme as at Nantes of Sir [&c.]

Pliarne Penet & Co

We Must add our house will procure, if you Choose it, to your Capts french papers & they will be safe till they will Get to your Coasts.