French letter

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In silence, and with a face of contemptuous disgust, Mr. Gilbert takes up the French letter, points to a column, and watches him.

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes

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)

There was the receipt for a box addressed to Count Ladislas Kasincsky, and I temporarily added his family name to the writer of the French letter, assuming her to be his wife.

From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Taylor, Bayard