Samuel Bard to Dr. John Bard, November 28, 1761

              Hon ...__ Bayon Castle November 28
 
1761

 
 
		When I set out from New york I thought of nothing but the advantages I should
reap, and the Pleasures I should enjoy in 
London; but I had not been long at sea 
before I was convinced by a verry [sic] Dis 
agreable [sic] accident, how vain it was for 
me to make any resolutions, for on 
that Day, three weeks after I left New 
york, (being the 2d of November,) we un 
fortunately fell into the Hands of 
the Enimy [sic], and on the 24th, we arived [sic] 
at St. John De Lus, a small town on 
the Coast of France, from whence 
I was carried to Bayon Castle. my 
Misfortune indeed would have 
been verry grevious [sic], had I not had 
the good fortune to meet with Capt 
Waddell from New york, and Capt 
Falconer from Phyladelphia [sic], my 
fellow Prisoners, who have taken 
me into their Room, and generously 
furnished me with money, untill 
I can hear from M Neat 
to whom I have wrote for Credit and 


 
 
Security to go into the Country, and do not Doubt but 
that from the generossity [sic] with which he has treat 
ed the two above mentioned gentlemen, I shall re