1To Benjamin Franklin from [Jean-Georges?] du Buat, 19 May 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <St. Malo, May 19, 1778, in French: At the end of last year I sent two expeditions to America, of which one arrived safely at Charleston in March. No news has come of the other, and I am extremely anxious. My ship is the Vicomte de Vaux , twenty-four guns and a crew of ninety commanded by the Sieur Donat de la Garde; she left Lorient on December 31 with the...