Brest 10th June 1778.—
Honor’d Sir
Inclosed you have the particulars of my late Expedition and in confidence I also Communicate to you the within papers respecting the internal Situation of the Ranger—1 perhaps Lieutenant Simpson may appear in America before I do—If so he will be under Suspension until Called upon to meet me face to face before a Court Martial—I leave it to your Judgment to Communicate these papers or not to such persons as you think proper at the same time the Gentlemen who are your Colleagues will not I hope take offence at not being particularly Included in the address of this Letter as I have not the Honor of their personal Acquaintance—2 I have the Honor to be [&c.]
LB, MdAN, John Paul Jones Letter Book, Mss. No. 236, pp. 44–45. Addressed below close: “The Honble: Genl Warren.”
1. The enclosures have not been found, but Jones’s “particulars” of his “late Expedition” are in his letter to American Commissioners in France of 27 May, NDAR 12: 755–61.
2. Warren’s “Colleagues” were the other members of the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department.
