I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellencys application respecting Monsieur de Varranault of the French Navy to be admitted into the Society of the Cincinnati which I submitted to the Society.

I am directed by the Society to inform your Excellency that it will be necessary that Monsieur de Varranault address himself to the Society in France agreeably to the Rules provided by the General Meeting. I have the honor to be Sir With the highest respect Your Excellency’s most Obedient humble Servant.