New Orleans 8th May 1778
[Extract] Sirs,
. . . There is several Merchants and Others here that would send Vessels and Cargoes your Way if you would underwrite them, and impower me to draw upon France in Case of Loss; if you think of doing this please let me know what the customary Premium is upon Spanish or french Vessels regularly cleared from here for the Windward Islands. I have the Honor [&c.]
Copy, DNA, PCC, item 50, pp. 74–5 (M247, roll 64). Pollock sent a nearly identical letter to the Continental Marine Committee on the same date. DNA, PCC, item 78, vol.23, p. 483 (M246, roll 104).
