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x Note: A. L. S. Endorsed. On the back is a memorandum to the effect that on Apr. 6 he conversed with Lord Shelburne on the above matters; his lordship offered to send home all the prisoners at Portsmouth and Plymouth, and to discharge Laurens; the latter preferred an exchange for Lord Cornwallis; started for Holland on the 7th to confer with [John] Adams. 2 pp. 4o