Docno: ADMS-06-08-02-0015
Author: Williams, Jonathan
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 1779-03-28
[dateline] Nantes March 28. 1779
[salute] Dear Sir
I have not written to you since your Departure because I have not before had anything
to communicate, and now it is probable you will have already heard what I have to
say.
The last accounts from England inform us that Pondicherry and Chandanargor in the
East Indies are taken by the English, after above two months Seige.
1 The Papers say also that a french Man of War and a Frigate are lost on the Cape of
Good Hope.
2 Senegal is taken by the French,—the Garrison at Fort James was so weakened by Sickness
that it fell an easy prey.
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We have had besides the above a great many
Bruits, but as they seem to have been calculated only
pour faire du Bruit, I shall not trouble you with any account of them.
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I shall be exceeding happy to know if I may expect the pleasure of
{ 18 } seeing you here again being with great Respect Dear Sir Your most obed servant
Remember me to Master Jack—est il content de la Comedie,
<a Brest> aprés avoir vu
la belle Salle de Nantes, celle de Brest ne doit pas lui plaire; tout le monde n'est pas de cet
avis, mais il faut souvenir que notre salle a eu le Merite d'etre consacrée aux cheveaux,
quoiqu'il n'y va aujourdhui que des ânes.
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