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To John Jay from Floridablanca, 3 September 1780

From Floridablanca

[St. Ildo 3 Sepre. 1780]

Le Comte de Florida Blanca fait bien ses compliments à Mr. D. Jay et lui recommande de lier connoissance avec le Porteur de cette Lettre, etant la Personne en Question qu’il attendoit d’un Jour à l’autre.

[Translation]

[St. Ildefonso 3d. September 1780]

The Count de Florida Blanca presents his compliments to Mr. Jay, and recommends to him to form an acquaintance with the Bearer of this Letter, being the Person in question whom he had expected from Day to Day.1

C, in JJ to Vergennes, 22 Sept., below, FrPMAE: CP-EU, 13: 325. LbkCs, embedded in JJ to the President of Congress, 6 Nov., below, DNA: PCC, item 110, 1: 271 (EJ: 4134); CSmH; NNC: JJ Lbk. 1. Translation from RDC description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States (6 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1889) description ends , 4: 134.

1. In his report to Congress of 6 Nov., below, JJ emphasizes that, even in this letter, Floridablanca did not mention Gardoqui by name, adding, “This was being very wary.”

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    To John Jay from Floridablanca, 3 September 1780
    Author
    Floridablanca, José Monino, conde de
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    Jay, John
    Date
    3 September 1780

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    “To John Jay from Floridablanca, 3 September 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-02-02-0096. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 2, 1780–1782, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, pp. 231–232.]

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