Person

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

French foreign minister from 1774 to 1787, who negotiated the alliance with the United States.

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French royal government 1774–1787 Minister of Foreign Affairs Scholarship & press 1

Franco-American alliance of 1778 French foreign minister, who decided in favor of an alliance Primary record 3

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The Franco-American Revolution, Part 1 (guest post by an intern, 4 Corners of the World blog), Library of Congress, 2021. Scholarship & press
the French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1774-87), Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, served as the primary diplomat
Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782, Yale Law School, Avalon Project, 16 Jul 1782. Primary record
we, Charles Gravier de Vergennes, etc., Counselor of the King in all his Councils
French Alliance, French Assistance, and European Diplomacy during the American Revolution, 1778-1782 (Milestones), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
Vergennes finally decided in favor of an alliance when news of the British surrender at the Battle of Saratoga reached him in December 1777.

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