Dumas to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<The Hague, May 12, 1778, in French: I shall not speak of my
compliance with your orders of April 30 until I have more to
tell. Your sealed letter I have been unable to present because a
wind from the west prevented me. I have persuaded my
friends to send a single ship to America, uninsured to preserve
secrecy, and have promised to recommend them.>
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