Sir,
I have the honor of sending to you a letter, which I wrote to the commanding officer of St Domingo, in consequence of that with which you honored me yesterday.
Be pleased to send the two despatches to those interested, in order that they may send them to their Fondé de Procuration by safe opportunities.
I have the honor to be, &c.
LUZERNE.
CONGRESS TO THE KING OF FRANCE.
The United States in Congress assembled to their Great, Faithful, and Beloved Friend and Ally, Lewis the Sixteenth, King of France and Navarre.
Great, Faithful, and Beloved Friend and Ally,
At a period so glorious to the arms of France, both by sea and land, and so favorable to the fortunes of America, it is with particular satisfaction that we congratulate the Monarch, whose wise counsels and generous support have so largely contributed to events, illustrious in themselves, and promising consequences truly important.
We wish to convey to your Majesty our sense of the victory obtained by the Count de Grasse over the enemy's fleet on our coast, and the subsequent reduction of the British armament in Virginia; and we repeat our grateful acknowledgments for the various aids so seasonably extended to us. From the benevolence and magnanimity, which has hitherto interested your Majesty in the welfare of these States, we are convinced, that you will on this occasion feel an equal pleasure with ourselves, whose immediate advantage is the result of such fortunate exertions.