1777, Livres. May 25th, Power of Attorney to Dr Franklin to dispose of the first remittance, 9 Remitted to Gardoqui at Bilboa (for supplies sent to Congress) November 29th, 1777, 60,790; May 29th, 1778, 14,599; September 25th, 24,654; January 3d, 1779, 19,905; 119,848 1778, Feb. 7th, Courier with despatches to Nantes, 120 20th, A person’s expenses to and from London, to get intelligence, 1,165 March 30th, Remitted to the prisoners at Portsmouth by Mr Thornton, 495 Advanced for the State of Virginia, 35,585 June, Cost and expenses of 800 fusils, 22,548 " 10th, Lieutenant Jones of the Providence, his expenses for bringing despatches, 347 " 23d, Mr Thornton’s expenses to Portsmouth, &c. 480 My own expenses, 2,232 Sept. 25th, Mr Bonfield’s accounts for supplies sent, 52,501 ------- _Amount carried over_, 235,330 _Amount brought over_, 235,330 Banker’s commission, 1,037 30,000 blankets ordered from Bilboa, 210,000 Charges on them, 18,000 ------- 464,567 _Public Money received._ 1777, May, Remittance from Spain, 187,500 1778, Oct. Two do " do 187,500 Interest on the last for three months, 2,000 ------- 377,000 ------- Debit, 87,567 ------- January 1st, 1779. Livres 464,567 COUNT DE VERGENNES TO ARTHUR LEE. Translation. Versailles, January 10th, 1779. Sir,