Folio 289: Harcourt to Rochford. When the settlements of the Compagnie des Indes...

Folio 289: Harcourt to Rochford. When the settlements of the Compagnie des Indes on the coast of Africa devolved to the crown, a commission was set up and Monchaton, inspector general of African settlements, reported that 2 or 3 thousand men would be needed to re-establish their abandoned settlements on the north of the Gambia river. A single frigate sailed with him and later 2 frigates with 360 soldiers sailed for Gorée. France seems determined to establish a settlement in order to supply her West Indian islands with negroes. The ships to be used for exercises are to be provisioned for 3 months. The princess of Stolberg left Paris. She is the elder sister of the marquise de la Jamaique. She is said to have married the pretender by his proxy the marquis de Fitzjames and has gone to Italy. Guines was not recalled.

Date and place: 1772 Apr 1 Paris.