French letter
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The precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Ambassador de Denmarke à la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23d.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
Mr. Godfrey always treated him kindly, and had called upon him again that very morning to assist him in translating a French letter, complimenting him, at the same time, upon his scholarship.
From Try and Trust by Horatio Alger
In silence, and with a face of contemptuous disgust, Mr. Gilbert takes up the French letter, points to a column, and watches him.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by May Agnes Fleming
She proved to be La Sybille, a French letter of marque, carrying eight guns, twenty-five men, and bound for the French West India Islands with a valuable cargo.
From True Blue by William Henry Giles Kingston
