TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
Translation.
May 4th, 1779.
"The Minister of France delivered to the President a letter from the King of France, with the following note."
The custom in Holland, for sending to the States-General the letters by which the King notifies them of marriages or births, is to give them to the President of the week, who then goes to the house of the Ambassador, or Minister of the King, to compliment him in the name of the States-General, upon the event which forms the subject of the letters of notification.
GERARD.
FROM THE KING OF FRANCE TO CONGRESS.
Translation.
Very dear, and great Friends and Allies,
We do not delay informing you of the birth of the Princess, to whom the Queen, our very dear consort, has just happily given birth. Our confidence in your friendship does not permit us to doubt your interest in this event, nor your participation in the satisfaction which we derive from this first fruit of the divine blessing on our marriage.