Papers of John Adams, volume 13
We now send your Excellency's Accounts after having deducted the Dutch consuls' at plymouth for his advances to the prisoners1 You were pleased to give us a list of except £5:5: Stlgs. thereof as you desired, reserving to ourselves the remainder of those charges. The Ballance of these Accounts is now f3772:17: 8 in our favour.
We beg leave to add thereto the Inclosed and to assure you that we remain With due respect Your Excellency's Most Obedient Humble Servts:
P S Another Alteration we have made in the Accots. is the f250 pd. for Master Charles Wch. was pass'd as Bco. money, when it Should have been Currency.
See de Neufville & Fils to JA, 24 May, above.