Letter from Baron de Calbiac to General Washington

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New York, July 30, 1776.

MY GENERAL: I cannot express to you how humiliating it is to a man who thinks that his sentiments are of the purest kind, to be the sport of evil minded men, who, I am informed, have said many things to my prejudice to your Excellency. To convince you of the purity of my intentions, and to give you a just idea of my views in coming to this country, I have enclosed you the copies of letters which I have written to the Minister in France, having sent a duplicate to Colonel McKean, having also communicated it to General Mifflin.

I also enclose you my second commission, which I have found among my papers. I desire to be favoured with one minute of your Excellency' s precious time.

Assuring your Excellency of my most respectful attachment to you and the glorious cause in which you fight, I am your Excellency' s most obedient,
LE BARON DE CALBIAC.