Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette to Benjamin Franklin, June 16, 1783

Paris June the 16th 1783

Mquis. de Lafayette’s Compliments waït upon Mr. Franklin and Mr. Jay,
and Has the Honour to Acquaint them He Had letters from America down to
the first of May— On Many points He is Referred to the letters those Gentlemen Must Have
Received— The Mquis. de Lafayette Intends paying them His Respects to Morrow at
Breakfast time, and will Communicate what Intelligence is Come to His knowledge. 3

Count de Vergennes was yesterday Expressing a Desire to know if Mr. Hartley’s last
Dispatches were as Satisfactory as they are Said to be by the Duke of Manchester.