[Versailles] 27 April 1776
[Extract]
I have seen, Sir, the copy of the decision passed by the Committee which met with the King. His Majesty's intentions as far as they concern me will be scrupulously obeyed. The instructions I shall give the officers commanding the frigates which will cruise in America will conform to those of which you sent me a copy and which were given to you by the Spanish court. 2 I will have the honor to show them to you before I send them.
1. AMAE, Correspondance Politique, Angleterre, vol. 515, LC Photocopy.
2. See Instructions of the Spanish Court, February 26, 1776.
