The Committee for Foreign Affairs to the American
Commissioners
LS (two): American Philosophical Society; copy: Library of Congress;
copy and transcript: National Archives
<York, April 30, 1778: We need to have word from you. The
commerce committee will send you their contract with Hortalez
& Cie., the heads of which are enclosed. We hear that
you have concluded a treaty with France and Spain, and are
anxious for confirmation before the British make proposals.
Our foreign relations are before Congress, and some resolutions
about them will probably be sent you soon. If we can
back our currency with credit, we can defy Britain.>
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