10. : Attestation by Jean Baptiste Poirel, French vice consul, that Minto was put at liberty in Cadix on 23 February [1779], signed by Poirel at "consulat general de France a Cadix" on 13 March 1779., 13 March 1779
Box 3, Folder 4
Specifically, that Minto, who was made a prisoner of war on the English ship "Le Westmoreland" by the French ship "Le Destin", passed from Cadiz to Genes [= Genoa] on the "Paquebot" Hollandais called "Le Postillou" commanded by Joseph Dodero.