To Benjamin Franklin from Vergennes, 3 July 1783
From Vergennes
L: Library of Congress
Versailles le 3 Juillet 1783.
M. De Vergennes a reçu avec le billet que Monsieur francklin lui a fait l’honneur de lui ecrire hier les paquets qui y etoient joints.4 Il le prie d’en recevoir ses sinceres remercimens, ainsi que l’assurance de son fidelle et inviolable attachement.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
4. BF’s note is missing, but it doubtless forwarded dispatches from La Luzerne that had just arrived on the packet General Washington; see Limozin to BF, July 1. La Luzerne had corresponded with Morris about the date of the ship’s sailing: Morris Papers, VIII, 70–1.