Vergennes to the American Commissioners
L (draft): Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; two copies:
Library of Congress
<Versailles, May 13, 1778, in French: The farmers general have
informed me that Capt. Tucker of the Boston has refused to
allow their agents on his vessel because she is a warship. We
must know whether she is, or merely a privateer; once you
have established that, she will be treated like the ships of other
nations.>
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