From Dumas & Mallet
LS: American Philosophical Society
<Geneva, July 4, 1777, in French: Republicans are always interested
in new republicans: common principles bind them together,
and the heart approves. If commercial interests are also
shared, the bond becomes a chain between two worlds. Our
firm offers silk cloth, woolen stockings, clocks, and other articles,
to be sent either to Frédéric Romberg & fils at Ostend
or to Gamba & Archdeacon at Dunkirk, but will have nothing
to do with ocean transport while the British are so active in
intercepting ships.>
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