Copy. Transmits message from Congress asking France to establish naval superiority in American coastal waters to aid United States and French land forces; and to send money, clothing, and supplies to America. Without this aid, the cause of American independence is doomed to failure, and separation from Britain may not be possible for ages to come. Once reestablished in America, the British will pos sess such a broad basis for future greatness that they will "become the Terror of Europe, and exercise with impunity that Insolence, which is so natural to their Nation ...."
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829