The Duc de la Rochefoucauld sends his compliments to Monsieur Franklin, along with the attached packet that he has agreed to pass along on the part of M.the Abbé Rozier.

He asks Monsieur Franklin to please inform him if there is any truth to the news that was spread here yesterday, that the forts at Mud Island and Red Bank were taken on the 20th and the 23rd of November.

He hopes that Monsieur Franklin and M. Deane will please remember the engagement that they have made with him for dinner next Sunday.