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possessions; Spanish inaction; threatened tyranny of 
England on seas; necessity of transmitting these ideas to 
Wall; news from Holland of French victory near Niagara 
(f. 438). 
To Wall 
May 24. Difficulty of sending supplies to 
America from Frenoh ports; request for permission to use 
Cadiz as port of deposit and departure (f. 248). 
May 31. More detailed memoir on same subject 
as preceding letter (f . 256) . 
July 5. Complains of English capture of ship 
Le Jeune Pierre , part of a convoy destined for Quebec and 
forced to put in at Spanish port on June 9 (f. 323). 
Memoir 
[May 17?] . Draft of memoir which Aubeterre 
proposes sending to Ferdinand VI, offering cession of 
Minorca in return for Spanish alliance against England 
(f . 228) . 
Miscellaneous Documents 
May 15, [n.s.]. Copy of letter from Santo 
Domingo, massacre of French by Indians in Gulf of Darien 
at English instigation (f. 215). 
June 29. Ferdinand VI to Louis IV, Spain cannot 
make war in alliance with France; will gladly offer mediation 
at any time desired; will consult with ministers on means of 
aiding France (f. 310). 
CSee MVC, Jan. 9, Feb. 18, June 6, Aug. 29.] 
524 ( 1758-1759 . Sent . -Apr . ) 
Aubeterre 
From Bernis 
Sept. 12. Loss of Canada, La., Mexico, and 
Peru to English can be foreseen; necessity of maritime 
league against England; question of provisioning Canada 
by way of Mississippi; Spanish aid desired in this operation 
(ff. 28-30). 
Oct. 31. Need of supplies in Canada; loss of 
Canada means loss of La. and Mexico; despatches from Madrid 
emphasize lack of Spanish alarm over fall of Louisbourg 
(f. 141) [see also ff. 4-5, 43, 91, 102]. 
To Bernis 
Oct. 2. Conversation with Wall about supply of 
Canada from Florida by way of La.; Wall's reply that greater 
part of supply of Florida comes from English (f. 70). 
From Choiseul 
Dec. 25. No. 94, orders to reopen American 
situation with Spanish ministers; danger to Spanish colonies; 
probability of fall of Canada; La. will then be easily se- 
cured, and port on Gulf of Mexico will be next aim; to ask 
