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This quotation contained in document DJA04d081
Docno: DJA04Q19
Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Author: Lee, Arthur
Author: JA
Recipient: Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de
Date: 1778-05-19

[Commissioners to the Comte de Vergennes]

[dateline] Passi May 19. 1778

[salute] Sir

We have had the Honor of your Excellencys Letter of the fifteenth instant, inclosing a Copy of a Letter from Mr. De La Rouilliere, Consul at Madeira of the 15th. of March [i.e. February? ] 1778.
We have inclosed to Congress a Copy of your Excellencys Letter with a Copy of its Inclosures, and have recommended to Congress, the earliest attention to the Subject, and have no doubt that Justice will be speedily done. We have the Honor to be &c.
[signed] B. Franklin,
[signed] Arthur Lee,
[signed] John Adams.

[addrLine] His Excellency Le Compte De Vergennes.

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