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To John Jay from Aranda, 27 June 1782

From Aranda

à Paris le 27. Juin 1782.

Monsieur.

J’ai l’honneur de Repondre à votre billet du 25.1 me faissant celui de m’avertir de votre heureuse arrivée à cette Cour. Je l’aurai egalement à vous Recevoir, quand vous jugerez qu’ainsi puisse convenir, et quand vous voudrez bien m’en prevenir; à fin qu’instruit de votre intention je puisse vous attendre a l’heure qui pourroit vous etre la plus comode.2

Je serai bien flattè de votre connoissance, et de l’ocasion de vous assurer du parfait attachement avec le quel je suis Monsieur Votre tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur

Le Comte d’Aranda

Monsr. John Jay.

[Translation]

Paris, 27 June 1782

Sir:

I have the honor to Reply to your note of the 25th, informing me of your happy arrival at this Court. I will be equally honored to Receive you, whenever you may judge it convenient, and when you would be pleased to advise me of it, so that, informed of your intention, I may expect you at whatever hour would be most convenient to you.

I will be pleased to make your acquaintance, and to have the opportunity to assure you of the perfect devotion with which I am Sir, Your very humble and very obedient servant.

The Count d’Aranda

Mr. John Jay

LS, in French, NNC (EJ: 8199); LbkCs, in French, embedded in JJ to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 1782, below, DNA: PCC, item 110, 2: 175 (EJ: 4235); CSmH (EJ: 3487); NNC: JJ Lbk. 1. Translation taken from RDC description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States (6 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1889) description ends , 6: 21.

2On the advice of Rayneval, JJ and BF met with Aranda on 29 June. See JJ to Aranda, 29 June 1782, Dft, NNC (EJ: 8198), and to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 1782, below; and PBF description begins William B. Willcox et al., eds., The Papers of Benjamin Franklin (40 vols. to date; New Haven, Conn., 1959–) description ends , 37: 345.

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