The American Commissioners to [Vergennes]
LS: Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères
<Passy, April 19, 1778: We hear from Bordeaux and Nantes that
high insurance rates and British captures create almost an embargo
on shipping to America, which defeats the aim of the
treaty. We earnestly request you to provide convoys.>
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