Papers of John Adams, volume 6

388 Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners, 24 August 1778 Puchelberg & Co. (business) First Joint Commission at Paris JA Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners, 24 August 1778 Puchelberg & Co. (business) First Joint Commission at Paris Adams, John
Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners
L'Orient 24. Aout 1778

Nous avons l'honneur de remettre très humblement à Vos Excellences la lettre ci-jointe dont M. Lee1 demeurant chez M. Schweighauser a Nantes nous chargea hier à Son Passage par cette Ville Et vous voudrez bien nous faire la grace de nous en assurer la reception.

Comme nous sommes les associés du dit M. Schweighauser: c'est avec un Empressement particulier que nous avons offrit à Vos Excellences nos très humbles services dans ces quartiers. Nous serions au Comble de nos desirs d'obeir à Vos ordres Et si vos bontés, que nous osons reclamer à notre faveur vous engagent à nous accorder votre Protection; daignez être persuadés, Messieurs, que nous ferons l'impossible, de nous rendre dignes de votre Confiance par notre exacte Probité Et par l'Exécution la plus Scrupuleuse de vos Ordres.

Nous sommes avec le plus profond Respect de Vos Excellences, Les très humbles Et très Obeissants serviteurs Puchelberg & Co.
Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners: A Translation, 24 August 1778 Puchelberg & Co. (business) First Joint Commission at Paris JA Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners: A Translation, 24 August 1778 Puchelberg & Co. (business) First Joint Commission at Paris Adams, John
Puchelberg & Co. to the Commissioners: A Translation
Lorient, 24 August. 1778

We have the honor to forward very humbly to your excellencies the enclosed letter which was given to us yesterday by Mr. Lee,1 who resided with Mr. Schweighauser when he was in Nantes, and ask you to please acknowledge its receipt.

As associates of the aforementioned Mr. Schweighauser, we have been eager to offer you our humble services in this area. Our wishes would be most fulfilled in obeying your orders and, if you kindly give us your patronage, please rest assured that we will do everything in our power, through unfailing honesty and a most scrupulous execution of your orders, to be worthy of your trust.

We are, with the most profound respect for your Excellencies, your very humble and very obedient servants Puchelberg & Co.

RC (PPAmP: Franklin Papers); docketed, not by JA: “Puchelberg & Co. L'Orient 24 Aug 78.”

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This letter, presumably from William Lee, has not been found, nor is there any indication that the Commissioners acknowledged its receipt.