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To Charles W. F. Dumas. 4 May, 1781.
From Miss Georgiana Shipley to B. Franklin. 6 May.
To Court de Gebelin. 7 May.
Indian Languages. - Mariner's Compass.
To the Marquis de Lafayette. 14 May.
Expedition against Arnold. British Policy.
Laurens.
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To the President of Congress. 14 May..
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Supplies. Exchange of Prisoners. -Plans of the English
To Francis Lewis. 16 May.
To John Adams. 19 May.
Duties on American Exports.
From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 8 June.
To D. Wendorp and Thomas Hope Heyhger. 8 June. .
From John Laurens to B. Franklin. 9 June.
Suggests the Appointment of a Secretary of Legation.
To the President of Congress. 11 June.
To John Adams. 11 June.
Expenses of Foreign Ministers charged on Public Account.
From Samuel Huntington to B. Franklin. 19 June.
Communicating Instructions for the Negotiation of Peace.
To William Jackson. 28 June.
Stopping Payment of Money in Holland.
To David Hartley. 30 June.
To William Jackson. 5 July.
Reasons for detaining the Money which was Part of the
Grant obtained by Dr. Franklin.
To William Jackson. 6 July.
Account of the Manner in which the Money referred to
in the preceding Letters was obtained.
Mistakes respecting American Bills of Exchange and Com-
merce corrected.
From John Jay to B. Franklin. 9 July.
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From Robert Morris to B. Franklin. 13 July.
To the President of Congress. 11 July, 1781.
Efforts to restore the Credit of the United States. Ne-
cessity of foreign Aid.
Concerning the Payment of Bills drawn by Congress on
their Ministers in Europe.
To the President of Congress. 13 September.
Interview with Count de Vergennes. - Appointed One of
the Commissioners for negotiating Peace.
To Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. 13 September..
To Richard Bache. 13 September.
Loss of Dr. Franklin's Papers. — Galloway.
To Francis Hopkinson. 13 September.
Friends and Enemies.
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 4 October.
Commission for negotiating Peace.
To John Adams. 12 October.
82
To Edmund Burke. 15 October.
84
Relative to General Burgoyne and Mr. Laurens.
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 24 October.
85
To Thomas McKean. 5 November. .
Mr. Livingston appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
American Prisoners in England. - Proposed Mediation not
agreed to by the British Cabinet. Purchases of Goods in
Holland.
To Messrs. Kornmann. 21 November.
92
Relative to a Claim of Relationship with Dr. Franklin.
To Thomas Pownall. 23 November, 1781.
To John Adams. 26 November.
General Greene.
95
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 26 November.
Proposed Treaty of Alliance between France, Holland, and
the United States.
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 26 November.
Financial Difficulties of the United States.-Necessity of
further Assistance from France. - Preparations for another
Campaign.
From Robert Morris to B. Franklin. 5 December..
Impolicy of the Purchases in Holland. — Disposition of the
American People towards the French.
To Mrs. C. Edes. 13 December.
Mr. Laurens's Imprisonment in the Tower.
96
102
104
Scheme of a Loan proposed by John de Neufville of Am-
sterdam.
From William Alexander to B. Franklin. 15 December.
To William Alexander. 15 December.
To David Hartley. 15 December.
111
112
To Charles W. F. Dumas. 19 December.
113
From Brissot de Warville to B. Franklin. 22 December.
Account of the Means used for the Release of Mr. Laurens.
From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 31 December.
1782.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 2 January.
History of the Proceedings for promoting a Negotiation of
Peace.-Lord North.- Propositions for a separate Treaty
between England and America.
From Professor Embser to B. Franklin. 6 January.
Bipontine Edition of the Classics.
126
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 7 January. . 128
Suggestions respecting the general Terms of Peace.-
Boundaries. Fisheries.- Loyalists.- Restoration of Rec-
ords and Papers.
To David Hartley. 15 January.
No Negotiations can be opened without the Concurrence
of France. Commissioners authorized to treat.
To John Jay. 15 January, 1782.
To John Jay. 19 January.
Difficulty of meeting the Drafts drawn by Congress on
their Ministers in Europe. - Loan in Holland. - Conduct
of the Court of Spain in Regard to the United States.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 24 January.
Correcting Misapprehensions of his Propositions.-Cases
in which the United States might treat separately.
To John Barry. 24 January.
To Robert R. Livingston. 28 January.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin.
1 February..
To Gustavus Conyngham. 6 February.
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154
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From M. de Blome to Count de Vergennes. 6 February. 157
Complaints of an Outrage of American armed Vessels on
the Coast of Norway.
To John Barry. 10 February.
Requesting him to take public Goods to America for the
Use of the Troops.
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 13 February. 160
Pressing for further Assistance from France.-Sufferings
of American Prisoners in England. - Disturbances in Ver-
mont and New Hampshire.
To David Hartley. 16 February.
Causes of Jealousy between England and France. - The
first Step towards a Peace with the United States must
be taken by England.
From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 24 February.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 28 February.
Prospect of Peace.-The Ministry favorably disposed.
From Edmund Burke to B. Franklin. 28 February.
Resolutions of the House of Commons. - Mr. Laurens.
To Count de Vergennes. 3 March.
Relative to the Complaints of the Danish Court. — Amer-
ican Prizes seized in Danish Ports.
To Robert R. Livingston. 4 March.
Complaints against American Cruisers.- Lafayette. — Em-
blematical Medal. British Ministry. Relations with
France. Robert Morris. American Prisoners in Eng-
land. Deane's Discontents and objectionable Conduct.
172
To Robert R. Livingston.
9 March, 1782.
178
Address of the House of Commons to the King against
From David Hartley o B. Franklin.
British Ministry.
To John Jay. 16 March.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 21 March.
Change of Ministry. -- Peace desired in England.
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 26 March.
Interview with Digges. - Opposes the Plan of a Truce..
Affairs in Holland.
To Robert R. Livingston. 30 March.
12 March.
Policy of the British Ministry to separate France and the
United States.
To John Adams. 31 March.
190
Digges's Mission. - Delays of Holland and Spain.
tion more than a Peace. - Means of effecting it.
From the Chevalier Delfino to B. Franklin. 6 April.
197
To the Chevalier de Chastellux. 6 April.
198
To George Washington. 8 April.
Change of Ministry in England. - Campaign in America.
-Count de Ségur.
Introducing the Prince de Broglie.
To Robert R. Livingston. 8 April..
Change of Ministry. - Recommends the Prince de Broglie.
To Robert Morris. 8 April.
Change of Ministry.-Holland. - Prince de Broglie.
To Henry Laurens. 12 April.
From M. de Rayneval to B. Franklin. 12 April.
Proposal of the British Ministry for a Separate Treaty
with France.