[Nantes, 6 January 1778]
No. 11 Supplement to Sloop Dolphin
Copy, CtY, Jonathan Williams Account Books. Number 11 in "Accounts and Vouchers Refer'd to in the Account Current between Jonathan Williams Junr. and the HonbIe. The Commissioners of the United States of America."
1. Capt. Francis Brown.
2. Letter not found.
3. Notation: "Compared Nantes 17th. Augst. 1779/(Signed) J—J— J—N— J—C— J—G—." The initials are those of Joshua Johnson, Jonathan Nesbitt, James Cuming, and Joseph Gridley. They were merchants who, in the summer of 1779, at the request of Benjamin Franklin, audited Williams's accounts with the American Commissioners in France.
