Gentlemen
I am sorry that the things to which I objected having been continued in the Instructions for Capt. Jones prevent me from giving my signature to them except in the manner which I have the honor to send you. I am [&c]
Arthur Lee
Challiot Jany. 17th. 1778
N.B. I shall go to Versailles to-day; if there is any thing I can do there, be so good as to send me a Note of it.
L, PPArnP, Benjamin Franklin Papers, vol. 8, no. 42. Addressed at foot: "Benjamin Franklin & Silas Deane Esqrs. Docketed: "A. Lee to/BF. & SD."
