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BEP(P.783.012
22 Feb 1783:22 (2/71)
London, August 4. . . About six weeks before Christmas last,
a woman about 40 years of age, who called herself the Hon.
Mrs. A. was introduced to the then Premier, at his house in
Downing-street, on the recommendation of an American refugee
of a very celebrated reputation, as a person of the most
exquisite abilities at intrigue. . . [53 lines describing
her activities as a spy in Paris and Versailles, including:]
. . . she frequented all public places occasionally, and was
at the Court on all public days; at last, she never missed
of being at all the Queen's concerts, as well as those of
the Princes of the Blood, and had the address to get herself
publicly presented as an American woman of fashion,
perfectly unacquainted with the French tongue: . . .
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