Note 69 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF RALPH IZARD, (continued 2)

In Congress, June 8th, 1779. “According to the order of the day, Congress proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee of thirteen on Foreign Affairs; and on the question, shall Mr Izard be recalled?—resolved in the affirmative.

“A motion was then made, that Mr Izard be informed, that it is the sense of Congress that he need not return to America;—resolved in the affirmative.”