Philadelphia June 26th. 1781
Dear Sr.
Being engagd on a Committee of consequence this morning1 I can do little more than acknowledge the receipt of your favor by Post, & thank you for that part of it respecting My Daughter & the supplies anxiously expected. Mr Potts will Communicate to you what intelligence we have. I Believe there is little doubt but that part of the Cork fleet is arrivd at Charles Town, & perhaps some in our Bay.
I hope soon to have a good opportunity of forwarding yr hat &ca. I can do nothing better with yr Carrich than what Col Forrest informd you. Let me Know yr determination. My Compts to your Lady & all inquiring friends.
Beleive Dr Sr, yrs. with the greatest regard & esteem.
Danl Carroll
Receiver’s copy, Lee, Horsey, and Carroll Papers deposit (1985), Maryland Historical Society.
1 Apparently the committee on the memorial from the minister of France, which had been considering letters from Francis Dana since June 22 and which issued a report this day allowing Dana to serve as secretary to the peace commissioners in the event that he had not proceeded on his mission to Russia. See JCC, 20:688, 698 - 99.