I have the honor to be, with respectful consideration, Mr. President,
your most humble and most obedient servant,

SIEVÈS, _President_.



DECREE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 11TH OF JUNE, 1790.

The National Assembly decree that their members shall wear during three
days mourning for Benjamin Franklin, to commence on Monday next; that
the discourse pronounced on this occasion be printed, and that the
president write to the American Congress in the name of the National
Assembly.

Compared with the original by us, president and secretaries of the
National Assembly, at Paris, June 10, 1790.

SIEVÈS, _President_.
GOUDAU,
FÉLIX DE PARDIEU,
DUMOUCHET,
_Secretaries_.



UNITED STATES, _February 18, 1791_.

_Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives_: