Informs him that Mawney can provide only hearsay evidence about an engagement fought at Bennington and provides information about engagements at Stillwater and near Ticonderoga, [N.Y.]; mentions that Mawney himself suffers from "bilious dysentery" and that an officer is sick with a "slow remitting fever."
Mentions that Mazzei met with Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin and others, recommends the marquis de Lafayette, who delivers the letter, and relates several anecdotes about the latter on the eve of his departure for America; transmits intelligence about the movements of [Adm. George Brydges] Rodney's fleet and about the departure of French troops for America; discusses financial matters, requests financial assistance, and suggests that Jefferson send a cargo of tobacco to Italy.; "2nd Copy"
