Jonathan Williams, Jr. to William Temple Franklin (unpublished)
Nantes Dec 21. 1779.
Dear Billy.

Inclosed are 5 Bills on the Commissions Vizt

N905 —60 Dlrs— £ 300—
906 —60 do—300—
872. .30 do—150—
904 —60 do—300—
941 —36 do—180
1230

amounting to twelve hundred & thirty Livres which please to return & Post duely accepted.—

I hear nothing of the Confederacy; if some news of her does not soon arrive I shall think she has suffered the same melancholy Fate as poor Wickes did in the Reprisal. Adieu my dear Friend—tell me all the news you can, from America, from the Texell—about Congress order for Goods & my new Relations, affairs. voila bien des demandes, mais vous êtes si bon! que Je me crois pas qu’il soit neccessaire de vous faire des Excuses.—adieu I wish my Horse was in your pocket.—

J Williams

Addressed: a monsieur / Monsr Franklin fils / a L’Hotel de M. Franklin / Ministre plenipotentiaire des / Etats Unis a Passy / prés Paris
Notations in different hands: M. Williams Nantes 21. Decr. 1779. Decr 79—23d.