5092. MARKETS, Salted provisions.—[continued].
It gives great satisfaction
that the Arret du Conseil of December, 1787,
stands a chance of being saved. It is, in
truth, the sheet-anchor of our connection
with France, which will be much loosened
when that is lost. This Arret saved, a free
importation of salted meats into France, and
of provisions of all kinds into her colonies,
will bind our interests to that country more
than to all the world besides.—
To William Short. Washington ed. iii, 225.
(Pa.,
1791)
