Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 12, February 1 1779-May 31 1779

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John Jay to To: Christopher Hele

Sir,
Philadelphia 16th Feby. 1779

Immediately on receiving your Letter of the 11th Inst. I communicated it to Congress.(1) Whatever Resolution, Congress may come to on the Subject, shall without delay be Transmitted to You.

I am Sir your most Obedt. & Hble Servant,

J Jay.

(2)

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Note: LB (DNA: PCC, item 14).

1 JCC, 13:179. For the capture of Lieutenant Hele and the efforts of Adm. James Gambier to secure his release, see Henry Laurens to John Beatty, November 7, 1778. For Hele's subsequent efforts to gain his freedom, which resulted in his parole in May 1779, and his frustration when Congress subsequently made his formal release conditional upon the exchange of Capt. Gustavus Conyngham, see JCC, 13:410, 424, 14:614, 838, 941, 15:1086,

2 This day Jay also wrote a brief letter to Col. Thomas Hartley signifying that Congress had accepted his resignation.JCC, 13:180; and PCC, item 14, fols. 51-52.