Vergennes to the American Commissioners
L (draft): Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; copies: Massachusetts
Historical Society, National Archives, Library of Congress
(two)
<Versailles, December 18, 1778, in French: Dr. Smith’s effects
have finally been found in the customs at Calais. They are a
packet containing twelve tablecloths, twelve knives, and
twelve iron forks with silver ferrules. He must pay the usual
charges if they are to be used in France, but not, provided he
obtains the necessary documentation, if they are to be taken
to America.>
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