<Passy, January 7, 1779: Your Excellency informed us that in order to gain the release of Americans captured by French ships it was necessary to demonstrate that they had been prisoners of the English and forced into English service. The following prisoners at Dinan meet those requirements: William Berry, William Keating, John Williams, Abraham Fairman, Robert Boughass, John Hanlen, James White and, at Granville, Jonathan Akin.>