Note 8 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF C. A. DE LA LUZERNE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
In Congress, September 3d, 1782. "Whereas the Magnifique, a seventyfour gun ship belonging to the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty, commanded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil, has been lately lost by accident in the harbor of Boston, and Congress are desirous of testifying on this occasion to his Majesty, the sense they entertain of his generous exertions in behalf of the United States;
"Resolved, That the Agent of Marine be, and he is hereby instructed, to present the America, a seventyfour gun ship, in the name of the United States, to the Chevalier de la Luzerne, for the service of his Most Christian Majesty."