Vergennes to the American Commissioners
	L (draft): Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; copies: Massachusetts
	Historical Society, National Archives, Library of Congress
	(two)
	<Versailles, December 18, 1778, in French: Dr. Smith’s effects
	have finally been found in the customs at Calais. They are a
	packet containing twelve tablecloths, twelve knives, and
	twelve iron forks with silver ferrules. He must pay the usual
	charges if they are to be used in France, but not, provided he
	obtains the necessary documentation, if they are to be taken
	to America.>