Providence Decemr 18th 1775
[Extract]
This Letter will be handed to you by Messrs Penet & Pliame, who arrived here about Ten Days ago from Cape Francois in a Vessel sent by this Colony for Powder. They were well recommended to us, and I gave them a Letter to General Washington, who hath prevailed upon them to lay their Proposals before the Congress. I hope their Visit to North America will be an Introduction to such Measures as may be attended with happy Consequences to the United Colonies.
1. Papers CC (Rhode Island State Papers), 64, 356, NA.