Versailles, 2 April 1775
[Extract]
It is true, Sir, as Mr. de Malzhan related, that the English visited at the mouth of the Texel a Dutch ship with a cargo for St. Eustatius, and that they burned all the papers that they found on board. Deliberations on this act of violence have taken place, but the decisions taken consequently are not yet known.
1. AMAE, Correspondance Politique, Angleterre, vol. 509, 113, LC Photocopy.
