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15 May 1778

Original paper slip text:15 May 1778.

Versailles, France

Original paper slip text:Versailles.

Charles Gravier Vergennes

Original paper slip text:De Vergennes

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Commissioners at Paris, 1st U.S. Joint Commission

Original paper slip text:Commissioners at Paris, 1st U.S. Joint Commission

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John Adams

Original paper slip text:(JA,

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Benjamin Franklin

Original paper slip text:Benjamin Franklin,

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Arthur Lee

Original paper slip text:Arthur Lee)

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with 1 enclosure*
2 p.
  • Copy (of a "literal translation") in M/JA/1 (Travels: 22)
  • *Enc.: De La Ruilliere [French consul at Madeira] to Vergennes, 15 Feb. [i.e. March? see JA to Vergennes, 19 May 1778] 1778.
  • This letter the Commissioners referred to Congress 19 May 1778.
  • English transl. with enclosure printed: D/JA, 4:100

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Calendared: JA, Papers, 6:122
Papers of John Adams, volume 06, page 122

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