From J. de Sparre
als: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<Strasbourg, February 10, 1777, in French: I have had no answer
to two letters to Mr. Deane in which I told him, without
going into details, about my project for aiding the colonies,
and offered to come to Paris to explain it to him. I repeat the
same offer to you. I was in America in the French service
during the last war, and after that in the Russian; I am now in
none. Neither am I a French subject; I was born in Germany
and raised in England. Do what you please with me so that I
may distinguish myself in America, which I long to do.>
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