| The Valets de Chanbre de M. le Cte de Vergennes | £ 96 | . |
| The Livery Servants of Do | 24 | . |
| The Porter of Do | 24 | . |
| I understand that the Ministers who reside in Paris |
| give likewise to the Porter at Ct Vergennes’s Hotel, |
| who calls for it. |
| The Porters at Mr. de Rennevalles Bureau. | 24 | . |
| Dr. F. has also sometimes given to Mr. Rennevalles |
| Servant 24 l.t. but not constantly, and I believe it is |
| not usual for Ministers to do so |
| The Coffee men at the Salle des Ambassadeurs. | 48 |
| The 2 Swiss’s at. | 24 |
| When Dr. F. had much Business to transmit with the |
| Ministers of the Marine and War department, and went |
| often to see them, he gave 24 l.t. to each of their |
| Porters, but this is not as the others, an |
| establish’d Custom. |
| The Servants of the 2 Introducteurs des Ambassadeurs, and the |
| Secretary 24 each, Total | 72 | . |
| They call on you for it. |
| When the foreign Ministers go to Chapel on New-Years Day |
| It is customary for them to put each 24 l.t. in the Purse the |
| Quéteuse presents to them. | 24 |
On leaving the Court, after you have received the King’s Present from the Hands of one of the Introducteur and Secretaires des Ambassadeurs, it is an establish’d Rule to make each of them a Present for the supposed services they have render’d you.
| To the former it is usual to give a Gold Snuff Box, |
| value about | 1200 |
| To the latter a Box value about | 800 | . |
but the present Secretary, having a large Family and not being very easy in his Circumstances, He prefers receiving it in Money. And the Method the Ministers have adopted is to send him the Present in Billets of the Caisse D’Escompte with a Letter, requesting him to chuse a Box for himself.
These Presents are more considerable from an Ambassador; They are here rated for the Ministers Plenipotentiary.