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Folio 161: Stormont to Weymouth. An embarrassed Maurepas confessed that La Fayette...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/302/64

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SP 78/302/64
Date
1777 Apr 29
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Folio 161: Stormont to Weymouth. An embarrassed Maurepas confessed that La Fayette had again escaped. Stormont said this was due to half-measures. He told Vergennes that the activities of the Lexington and the Reprisal and the number of drafts drawn by La Fayette created a very bad impression in England.

Date and place: 1777 Apr 29 Paris.

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