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Beaumarchais has hired L'Hotel de la Tour du Pin Veille Rue du Temple to establish his Bureaux there for what is called le Commerce des Piastres. Those Bureaux are to be opened on New Years Day. Three Millions of Livres have been advanced him to carry on this Commevce. I mean, My Lord, that that is the Pretence, the Secret Reason is to enable him to execute His american Commissions He has...
Date: 6 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Beaumarchais Connexions with the Rebels begin now to be very generally suspected by all those who have any opportunities of secret Information. Since I wrote last to your Lordship I have had the following Intelligence which I think it My Duty to mention tho' I consider it as less authentic than what I have already sent you. The Intelligence is this: Beaumarchias has engaged to furnish the Rebels...
Date: 13 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
As yet I have only been able to skim through, Milord, the extract of the debates of the House of Lords which you sent me. The King has read it in its entirety. I shall pay particular attention to the two speeches which you recommend. What I notice in general is that they expect the hostile intentions from us that they show toward us. However, one must be on his guard when one sees 41 ships of the...
Date: 14 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I had the honor, Sir, to receive your letter in which you conveyed your feelings concerning the opinions of our Navy Commissioner in Dunkirk with regard to the trade of the English Colonies. In pursuance of your letter, I will send orders to the main ports where American ships might call so that care will be quietly exercised to prevent them from taking on war ammunition. I will write only to the...
Date: 16 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I feel I must send to you, Sir, in secret, the observations which Count de Vergennes has just addressed to me by letter, a copy of which is attached in consequence of a note which reached me from Dunkerque regarding trade in the English colonies.2 I leave up to you the methods which you will use to best insure that American ships bound for the colonies do not transport war supplies. I...
Date: 16 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Everything we hear in various places seems to confirm our doubts concerning the rumored expedition of Russian troops to America. But since in matters concerned with facts, conjectures can only be vicious, it will be most wise to wait until the events actually take place before we know what to believe and before we come to a decision.
If the contract which the government is said to have signed...
Date: 28 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
My Lord My first Conversation with Mr de Vergennes was a pretty long one, and as friendly as possible ー After the first Compliments were over, He said "You find us here, My Lord, exactly in the same Sentiments in which you left us ー desirous of living in perfect Harmony with you, and very far from meaning to do anything that can tend to encrease the Embarras of your present critical Situation" ー...
Date: 31 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I had the honor to inform you, Sir, of the secret orders which I sent, on the 16th of last month, to the Intendants and Controllers of the Navy in order to prevent in as much as possible the ships from the English Colonies from taking on war ammunition in our ports. Several of these officers have already indicated to me that they will comply with care; but among their answers, I felt I had to...
Date: 6 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I had the honor to receive, Sir, your letter dated the 6th of this month and a copy of the one which Mr. Prévost de la Croix, General Commissioner at Lorient, sent you. I think that we must show the consideration which we hold for the Court of London by preventing the Americans from trading arms and war ammunition in our ports, but, at the same. time, I am of the opinion that this courtesy must...
Date: 10 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3