Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine to the American Commissioners, 5 July 1778: résumé

Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine to the American Commissioners3

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<Versailles, July 5, 1778, in French: As I need Captain Jones for a certain expedition, I would like him to remain here. If this does not prove inconvenient, please leave him at my disposal, and give the command of his vessel to his second.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. Published in Taylor, Adams Papers, VI, 265.

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Source Project: Franklin Papers
Title: Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine to the American Commissioners, 5 July 1778: résumé
Author: Sartine, Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de
Recipients: American Commissioners
Franklin, Benjamin
Lee, Arthur
Adams, John
Date: 5 July 1778

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Cite as: “Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine to the American Commissioners, 5 July 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 27, July 1 through October 31, 1778, ed. Claude A. Lopez. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988, p. 48.]