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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Paris on June 25, the four companies of the King's guards offered to fund the construction of a 74-gun ship from their pay, but the King declined the offer while expressing his appreciation in a letter to Prince de Beauveau, assuring them he would not forget their zeal.
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The four companies of the King's guards having supplicated his Majesty to permit them to offer him a ship of 74 guns, the expense of constructing which to be taken from the appointment and pay of this corps, the King has not judged proper to accept this offer but by a letter which his Majesty has written to Prince de Beauveau, the Captain on duty, he was pleased to testify his sensibility, and how much he was affected by this mark of zeal in the four companies, and to assure them he would never forget it.
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Paris
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June 25
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king declines offer but expresses appreciation and assures he will not forget their zeal
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The four companies of the King's guards supplicated the King to accept their offer of a ship of 74 guns, funded from their appointment and pay. The King declined but wrote a letter to Prince de Beauveau, the Captain on duty, testifying his sensibility, how affected he was by their zeal, and assuring them he would never forget it.