Franklin and Deane explain that they are writing for fear that the SecretCommittee never received their June 26th-letter, whose duplicates they lost.They inform the Secret Committee that British commerce is unguarded andtherefore vulnerable to interception. They suggest a plan of attack on Englishport towns to be carried out in the coming months. They also report that 4,000Hanoverians are preparing to leave for "America." This is Jay's handwritten copy.Jay's note added at bottom of letter: Jay inserted underlined argument, i.e., that an attack on English ports is worth the risk of lost ships and men, from asimilar remark in a letter from the Secret Comm. dated 8 June because ofillegibility in the original (which he received).
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829