The French Alliance Address Delivered Before the Rhode Island State Society of
The French Alliance Address Delivered Before the Rhode Island State Society of
Charles Howland Russell
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. But why need I run into detail, when it may be de- clared in a word that we are at the end of our tether, and that now or never our deliverance must come. " Vergennes replied to Franklin that the great ex- penses which France was incurring in the war pre- vented her making the loan asked for, but that the king himself would give six millions of francs as a free gift, in addition to the three millions which he had given before. This was a great and most wel- come help. In all the dealings betw...een the French government and the American envoys, during the war, the conduct of the king and ministry at every point was marked by the utmost candor, frankness, courtesy, and kindness. And it may properly be mentioned here that, notwithstanding the reduced condition of the French treasury and the great demands upon it, a further loan of four millions of francs was made to the Americans in 1781, and in the same year they were enabled to procure a loan equivalent to ten millions of francs from Holland, upon the guaranty of its payment by the King of France.
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