In an unidentified hand, possibly that of Henry Sewall. Title from verso. The officers "beg leave, as a part of the army, to express the great joy and felicity we feel on the auspicious birth of the dauphin of Fance. Permit us to request of your excellency to address his excellency the minister of France with our hearty congratulations ... and to express ... in the warmest terms the very sincere attachment we have to the alliance formed with that illustrious nation whose minister he is...." -- See The writings of George Washington, vol. 24, pp. 312-314 for a letter and an address dated June 5, 1782, to the Chevalier de la Luzerne Watermark: initials CD (crowned within circle) dated 1780 Gift of Lucy (Mrs. Chase) Mellen, great-granddaughter of Capt. Sewall, an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.