ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON.
FOOTNOTES:
[9] Missing.
THE MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL TO M. DE LA LUZERNE.
Translation.
Boston, September 20th, 1782.
Sir,
I have received with the greatest satisfaction the letter, with which your Excellency honored me on the 5th instant, with the copy of the resolution of Congress relative to the present, made by Congress to the King's navy, of the ship America. The eagerness of the United States to replace the Magnifique, which was lost without hope of being relieved, and the cordial manner in which they have offered the America, induce me to accept this vessel with much gratitude. I shall take care that she is promptly armed, and that she joins his Majesty's squadron. M. de Macarty de Marteigne, who will command her, will go to Portsmouth today for that purpose, and I have given orders to the vessels in that port, to furnish him with all the assistance that he may need.
I shall enjoy the honor, with which I feel much flattered, of numbering among my ships, this mark of the friendship and regard of our allies.
I have the honor to be, &c.