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MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE: Roproductions may not be maco without prmsion trom Coumbla Universty ubrarios              \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nREDUCTION RATIO:            10:/  \nIIB  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nINITIALS:          追  \nDATE FILMED:                    4297  \n         23259                 \n## TRACKING\\#:\n\nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \nB   \n## Storp ofJfrencb oans\n\n308  \n180  \nEs revealeo bp recoros  \nA tribute to a great Kingand a great American  \nCompliments of  \nJ.3.1sman &Co.Rew Igork  \nThe interest recenlly manifesled both inFranceand in the United Slates in the question of theFrench debt to America impels us to reprint theinteresting article by Mr.R.L.Duffus which ap-peared in The New York Times,Feb.1,1925.  \nWe have added the original text(translation)of the“Contract for the Payment of Loans Con-tracted July 16,1782,Ratified by the ContinentalCongress,January 22,1788.\"In this contractthe King of France cancelled arrears of intereston 18,000,000 forins of debt and consented todefer payments and bear the expense of com-missions and banking charges incidental to the  \n5,000,000 florin Loan.  \nF.J.LISMAN &CO.  \nFebruary 10,1925  \n# Story of French Loans\n\nAs revealed by records  \nRepristed from TuE Naw YoRr TDEs,Febrwaryi,1885,  \nID we pay all of \"our debt to Lafayette?\"This question,whichwas long of importance only to historians,took on a new interestthe other day with the three-cornered debate of Deputy LouisMarin of the French Chamber,Senator Bruce of Maryland and SenatorBorah of Idaho.  \nAccording to Deputy Marin and Senator Bruce,France made largegifts to the Colonies during the blackest days of the Revolutionary War,for which no return was ever expected or received.According to SenatorBorah,the French loans and\"gifts\"were repaid in full,with interest.  \nThe facts brought to light in this controversy touch upon one of themost thrilling episodes in American history,incidentally introducing thatwise and picturesque statesman Benjamin Franklin.For the story ofthe relations between the United States and France during the Revo-lutionary War is really the story of Benjamin Franklin.  \nThe whole transaction is recorded in Franklin's letters and diaries.From these records,with the later records of the Treasury Department,it is apparent that though the United States funded and paid back all thesums actually loaned by France there were \"free gifts,\"amounting toabout $2,000,000,from the French King which have never been returned.For these gifts Franklin expresses his gratitude over and over again inthe warmest terms.  \nSecret Gifts to the Colonies.  \nA little historical background is necessary in order to understandexactly what took place.Franklin was appointed one of the threeAmerican Commissioners to negotiate a treaty with France,in Septem-ber,1776.His associates were Silas Deane,who had been the Americanrepresentative in Paris,and Dr.Arthur Lee.The final success of themission was almost entirely due to Franklin's diplomatic genius.  \nHe arrived in France,after a rough voyage,in the early part of De-cember.But before his arrival the first aid from France,about $200,000in present-day money,had been received through the hands o the famous  \nCaron de Beaumarchais.Later $200,000 more was obtained from thesame source.  \nBeaumarchais,a watchmaker by trade,had risen to the ranks of thenobility,partly by reason of his charming personality and partly throughthe influence of his wife.He was one of the first Frenchmen to conceivean enthusiasm for the American cause and succeeded in persuading KingLouis XVI,to grant funds.A French comment of 1777 describes him as\"the pet of Mme.de Maurepas,\"whose husband was then very close tothe King.As the King was not then ready to aid 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