Footnote 66: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Louis XVI.[(Back)]
Footnote 67: The original of this letter, without date or signature, which is in French, and which was communicated to me in Paris by M. Narcisse Dupré, is undoubtedly in the handwriting of Mr. William Short.[(Back)]
Footnote 68: Galuchet, prepared shark-skins.[(Back)]
Footnote 69: Former weights of France: 1 livre = 2 marcs = 16 ounces = 128 gros = 384 deniers = 9,216 grains.[(Back)]
Footnote 70: Former moneys of France: 1 livre = 20 sous = 240 deniers or 48 liards. 1 livre = 0.9876 francs.[(Back)]
Footnote 71: See Introduction, pages [xxiii] and [xxxi].[(Back)]
Footnote 72: See Introduction, pages [xxiv] and [xxvi].[(Back)]
Footnote 73: See Introduction, pages [xxiv] and [xxx].[(Back)]
Footnote 74: See Introduction, page [xxiv].[(Back)]
Footnote 75: As this legend refers to two events, Hull's celebrated escape from a British fleet in July, and his capture of the Guerrière in August, 1812, the official reports of both those important affairs are given.[(Back)]