Received Franklin's letter after having sent his own (January 11, 1782). Happy that bills will be paid for but finds Count de Vergennes' letter concerning the payment 'peculiarly explicit'. Asks if should give copy of letter to Congress. Having received so much help from France in so many things, thinks their generosity should be known and admired in such a particular case. De Neufville mentioned t he 'affair of our goods in Holland'. Laments Franklin's burdens in France but calls him the keystone that supports both ambassadors in Spain and Holland. Has not yet received letters for him that supposedly arrived in Nantes on the brig Betsey, according to Joshua Johnson. Regard for Franklin erases the need for punctilious concern for etiquette.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829