JAMES LOVELL TO B. FRANKLIN.
Philadelphia, February 8th, 1779
Sir,
The Marquis de Lafayette having sailed from Boston the day before the arrival there of letters sent from hence for you by the President of Congress, I now forward to you duplicates of those letters, with a course of newspapers via St Eustatia, having a very fine opportunity to that Island, and hoping they will reach you securely from thence in a Dutch bottom.
I am, &c.
JAMES LOVELL,
For the Committee of Foreign Affairs.