Great, Faithful, and Beloved Friend and Ally,
We learn with extreme grief, an event which has disturbed your Majesty's felicity, and unite with you in offering that tribute of sorrow to the memory of your most dear and beloved aunt, the Princess Sophia Philippina Elizabeth Justina of France, which is due, as well to the eminent virtues she possessed, as to the relation in which she stood to your Majesty. We trust that our sensibility on this occasion, will be considered as a fresh proof of the interest we take in every event, which may affect your Majesty, and that our sincere condolence, when such afflictions as are the lot of humanity put it out of our power to offer more effectual consolation, will evince our earnest desire on every occasion to contribute to your Majesty's happiness.
We pray God, Dear, Great, Faithful Friend and Ally, always to preserve and keep you under his holy protection.
Done at Philadelphia, the 13th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightytwo, and in the sixth year of our independence. By the United States in Congress assembled. Your Majesty's Faithful Friends and Allies.
JOHN HANSON, President.
TO COUNT DE ROCHAMBEAU.
Translation.
Philadelphia, June 14th, 1782.
My Dear General,