Versailles, 25 May 1776
I have the honor, Sir, to send you a copy of the note in which M.de St Paul, Minister plenipotentiary of His British Majesty, denounces the expedition of several ships loaded with gunpowder suspected to be destined for the Eng
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lish Colonies; since you know as well as I do the King's intentions with respect to the subject matter of the protest from the Court of London, I can only rely upon the orders which you will deem proper to give accordingly.
1. AMAE, Correspondance Politique, Angleterre, vol. 516, LC Photocopy.
2. See note from Horace St. Paul, May 20, 1776.
