Letter, 1787 May 4, Marseilles, [France] to [William Short], n.p.

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Letter, 1787 May 4, Marseilles, [France] to [William Short], n.p.

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Concerns the letter to John Jay; must be sent by courier because Michel Guillaume St. John de Crèvecoeur already left Paris; the letter must get to Havre before the packet [ship] sails; other letters still to be forwarded to Nantes.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 23 cm. x 19 cm.

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