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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Amsterdam dated Dec 21, 1781 reports Dutch alliance with France for convoying merchant fleets and maintaining naval superiority over England; Dutch loan of 5 million florins to France for America, anticipating alliance with the United States.
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"The latest news with us is the alliance we have just entered into with France, who will see our merchant fleets safely convoyed; that not being obliged to divide our maritime forces, we may always have a superior one to the English in these seas, to which the French, if needful, will add a certain number.
We have just lent five millions of florins to France, for America, by which you may suppose that the result will be a speedy alliance with your States."
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Amsterdam
Event Date
December 21, 1781
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alliance entered with france for convoy protection and naval superiority; loan of five millions of florins to france for america; expectation of speedy alliance with the states.
Event Details
The Dutch have allied with France, ensuring safe convoy of merchant fleets without dividing forces, maintaining superiority over English in local seas with possible French reinforcement. A loan of five million florins has been made to France for America, suggesting an imminent alliance with the United States.