Versailles, Aug. 7, 1775
Sir
I have told the King of the offers of zeal and good will that the sr [Achard] de Bonvouloir attached to the Cape regiment has made to you. His Majesty authorizes you to assure him of his gratitude and that he will properly reward the services he is disposed to render him. I have the honor to be [&c.]
1. Henri Doniol, Histoire de la participation de la France à l'établissement des États-Unis d'Amérique (Paris, 1886-92), I, 156, translation. Hereafter cited as Doniol, Histoire.
