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[Commissioners to John Daniel Schweighauser]

[dateline] Passi July 13. 1778

[salute] Sir

You will putt on board the Boston Frigate such Articles as Captain Tucker shall inform you he can take to America, and among other Things you are desired to furnish him, if it is in your Power, with a quantity of Lead….As this Article is much wanted in America, and is excellent for Ballast, you are desired to furnish him as much as he can carry and you can conveniently supply. We are &c.

[signed] B. Franklin,

[signed] Arthur Lee,

[signed] John Adams

[addrLine] Mr. J. D. Schweighauser.

Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2015.
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