L29/568/100

Grantham, St. James's to Fitzherbert, Paris (No 14, draft) Perceives that M. de Vergennes has applied to Fitzherbert for two or three safe conducts for the vessels which the French mean to dispatch to America with the news of the signature of the preliminaries. Assumes de Vergennes has given Fitzherbert similar letters and that M. d'Aranda will take like steps. Fitzherbert to apply to the Ministers of the Courts of Versailles and Madrid for a sufficient number of passports for the ships that are to carry the news to His Majesty's distant dominions and the same will be given here to M. de Rayneval and M. Heredia. Fitzherbert to propose to the French and Spanish ministers an exchange of a number of blank passports for merchant ships.

26 Jan 1783

From: 1783 To: 1783

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Lucas,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron,
Fitzherbert, Alleyn,
de Vergennes, Count,
D'Aranda, Count,
George III,
de Rayneval, Gerard,
de la Heredia

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