Sartine to the American Commissioners, 16 August 1778: résumé

Sartine to the American Commissioners3

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<Versailles, August 16, 1778, in French: In answer to your letter of the 13th on the question of prizes and prisoners, I enclose a copy of the regulations with revisions to articles 2 and 14.4 I will at all times receive with pleasure your representations on any inconveniencies attending the execution of the regulations and you may be assured His Majesty will always be disposed to grant Americans every facility compatible with his financial interests and his subjects’ commerce.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. Published in Taylor, Adams Papers, VI, 374–5.

4. The text and amendment to the regulations are published in Wharton, Diplomatic Correspondence, II, 685–7.

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Source Project: Franklin Papers
Title: Sartine to the American Commissioners, 16 August 1778: résumé
Author: Sartine, Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de
Recipients: American Commissioners
Franklin, Benjamin
Lee, Arthur
Adams, John
Date: 16 August 1778

Reference

Cite as: “Sartine to the American Commissioners, 16 August 1778: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0235. [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. 260.]