Sender: Daniel Carroll
Recipient: Thomas Sim Lee

Dear sir,

I did myself the honor yesterday to address a few lines to you by M. de
Marbois, & the Counts Cha[r]lus &
Dillon.¹ A Vessel from Cadiz arrivd here the
day before yesterday. The president receivd by this opportunity letters
from Mr. Carmichael, the last dated the 24th of
Decr.,² none from Mr. Jay. The Combind
fleets had seperated, the French under the Command of D’Estaign
suppos’d to have saild for Brest, but no intelligence had been receivd
of his arrival there, tho’ there had been full time to have heard it.
The Empress Queen dead, the Dutch had acceded to the arm’d neutrality.
The difficulty about the Navigation of the Mississippi remaind; It will
I believe be remov’d on our part in a few days. Preparations were
making in England to send more troops, suppos’d to be destin’d to fix a
Post at Portsmouth, and a post for Charles Town. He hopes our Ally will
frustrate their designs. I will endeavour to be more particular on this
head by Col. Forrest who will leave us in a day or
two.³ Intellience has been receiv’d, that
two Ships of the line, & a frigate put out from Gardiners Bay to
intercept two French Frigates from Boston to Newport; they were in the
Storm about the 20th Ulto. The French frigates had got into Newport
with little damage, one of the Brittish Ships returnd dismasted, &
very Considerably damagd, the other beleivd to be cast away on Montuck
point. The frigate returnd.

The mutiny which arose in part of the Jersey line has been properly
setteld- two of them executed, which I hope will put a Stop to that
dangerous Spirit.

Please to present my Comps. to yr Lady & to the Gentlemen of the
Council. I will endeavour to comply with my promise to Messrs Brice,
Stone, & Wright by this Post, by next,
certainly.⁴