Versailles, 4 January 1776
Sir,
I forwarded without delay to M. de Sartine the letter which I had the honor to receive from Your Excellency on the 2nd Instant, And I am certain that this minister immediately sent orders to Dunkerque with regard to the vessel called the Charming Peggy.
1. AMAE, Correspondance Politique, Angleterre, vol. 514, 1302, LC Photocopy.