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To John Jay from Floridablanca, 24 March 1781

From Floridablanca

[au Pardo ce 24 Mars 1781]

Le Comte de Floridablanca a reçu la Lettre que Mr Jay l’a fait l’honneur de lui ecrire, et au sujet de son contenu, il peut lui dire qu’il se remet entieremt. a ce que Mr De Campo signifiera a Mr Gardoqui, comm’ etant tous les deux au fait des affaires en question.

[Translation]

at the Pardo this 24 March 1781

Count Floridablanca has received the Letter that Mr. Jay has had the honor to write him,1 and on the subject of its contents, he can inform him that he should trust entirely to what Mr. De Campo will tell Mr. Gardoqui, since both are informed about the matters in question.2

RC, NNC (EJ: 8230). C, in JJ’s hand, FrPMAE: CP-E, 603 (EJ: 4012). Translation by the editors.

1. JJ to Floridablanca, 22 Mar., above. See also Gardoqui to JJ, 25 Mar. 1781, below, in which the present letter was enclosed.

2. JJ enclosed a copy of this letter in his letter to BF of 28 Mar. 1781, below.

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    To John Jay from Floridablanca, 24 March 1781
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    Floridablanca, José Monino, conde de
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    Jay, John
    Date
    24 March 1781

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    “To John Jay from Floridablanca, 24 March 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-02-02-0162. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 2, 1780–1782, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 404.]

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