French letter

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The precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue.

From Time Magazine Archive

She proved to be La Sybille, a French letter of marque, carrying eight guns, twenty-five men, and bound for the French West India Islands with a valuable cargo.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Ambassador de Denmarke à la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23d.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

Let all dissolve, and spread over French letter paper, with a brush or piece of sponge.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Embassador de Denmarke a la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23rd.

From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron