M. D. proposes to Messieurs F., D., and L. that he offer them advances on either cloth or rifles (the 1763 models, examined and taken from the King's own arsenals) for the sum of three hundred thousand livres, on condition that these Messieurs will furnish him the same amount in return, in tobacco from Virginia and Maryland, it being understood that the purchases will be completed fairly and thriftily.

If certain rights of commission at a given rate are granted to agents and middlemen on the one side, then the equivalent will be granted for the agents and middlemen on the other.

Monsieur D. will deliver the rifles, or cloth, to a port in France which will accommodate their shipping most easily. M. F. D. and L. will deliver the tobacco to the most convenient port on the American continent for the same purpose.

Each will take responsibility for the transportation of the furnished goods, at their own risk, peril and fortune.

The provisions on the one side will be the balance of the provisions on the other, and we will be quits.