Trenton December the 11th 1784
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a packet for his most Christian Majesty containing a letter from Congress to that Monarch recommending our able and active friend the Marquis la Fayette to his royal favor.
The Marquis's former and recent services to America deserve, and have secured to him, the warmest attachment of these United States.
I have the honor to be, with sentiments of the highest respect and esteem, Sir, your Excellencies most obedient humble Servant,
Richard Henry Lee.
Receiver's copy, Bache Collection, American Philosophical Society.
1 See JCC, 27:673 - 74, 682 - 83; and the following entry.