The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas, and Others, Concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States During the Whole Revolution; Together with the Letters in Reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Also, the Entire Correspondence of the French Ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress, Volume 2

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David Hartley to B Franklin London April 22d 1779
52
To David Hartley Passy May 4th 1779
58
To James Lovell Passy June 2d 1779
69
James Lovell to B Franklin Philadelphia June 13th 1779
71
To James Lovell Passy September 30th 1779
77
To James Lovell Passy October 17th 1779
86
James Lovell to B Franklin Philadelphia February 24th 1780
93
To James Lovell Passy March 16th 1780
98
To the President of Congress Passy June 1st 1780
108
Count de Vergennes to B Franklin Versailles April 23d
110
W F Dumas Passy July 26th 1780
114
To James Lovell Passy August 10th 1780
121
Charles Vernon LieutenantGovernor of the Tower of London
127
James Lovell to B Franklin Philadelphia December 21st 1780
133
To Count de Vergennes Passy March 6th 1781
137
Agreement between Captain John Paul Jones and the officers of
149
Count de Vergennes to B Franklin
157
To Major William Jackson Passy June 28th 1781
160
To Major William Jackson Passy July 5th 1781
166
John Adams to B Franklin Amsterdam October 4th 1781
172
Robert R Livingston to B Franklin Philadelphia October 20th
180
To William Alexander Passy December 15th 1781
186
Remarks on the Conciliatory Bill
193
To David Hartley Passy January 15th 1782
204
David Hartley to B Franklin London January 24th 1782
209
To David Hartley Passy February 16th 1782
218
To the Count de Vergennes Passy March 3d 1782
222
Robert R Livingston to B Franklin Philadelphia October 24th
228
John Adams to B Franklin The Hague March 26th 1782
235
To David Hartley Passy April 5th 1782
240
de Rayneval to B Franklin Versailles April 12th 1782
244
David Hartley to B Franklin London May 1st 1782
249
Robert R Livingston to B Franklin Philadelphia May 22d
256
Richard Oswald to B Franklin Paris June 5th 1782
263
To Robert R Livingston Passy June 25th 1782
267
JOURNAL
273
To Lord Shelburne Passy March 22d 1782
274
Notes for Conversation
282
To John Adams Passy April 21st 1782
288
To Count de Vergennes Passy May 4th 1782
295
To John Adams Passy May 8th 1782
296
To Lord Shelburne Passy May 10th 1782
302
Henry Laurens to B Franklin Ostend May 17th 1782
309
Lord Shelburne to B Franklin Whitehall May 28th 1782
319
Lord Shelburne to Richard Oswald Whitehall May 21st 1782
326
To Richard Oswald Passy June 11th 1782
334
de la Fayette to B Franklin Versailles Thursday morning
342
To David Hartley Passy July 10th 1782
348
Lord Grantham to B Franklin Whitehall July 26th 1782
354
To Count de Vergennes Passy January 18th 1783
414
To David Hartley Passy March 23d 1783
424
Salva to B Franklin Algiers April 1st 1783
432
Charles J Fox to B Franklin St Jamess April 19th 1783
438
To Henry Laurens Passy July 6th 1783
445
Explanation of the counter project of a treaty of amity and com
458
Plan of a treaty with Portugal
472
The Popes Nuncio to B Franklin
478
John Jay to B Franklin Passy September 11th 1783
482
To the President of Congress Passy September 27th 1783
488
To the President of Congress Passy December 25th 1783
494
To the President of Congress Passy December 26th 1783
500
David Hartley to B Franklin London March 2d 1784
501
Consular Convention
507
To Count de Mercy Argenteau Passy July 30th 1784
515
To the President of Congress Passy April 12th 1785
519
To Mr Grand banker at Paris Philadelphia July 11th 1786
525
Committee of Foreign Affairs to John Adams York in Pennsyl
537
To James Lovell Passy July 9th 1778
543
To James Warren Passy August 4th 1778
550
To the President of Congress Passy September 11th 1778
556
To the President of Congress Passy October 2d 1778
563
The Commissioners to John Paul Jones Passy June
570
To Samuel Adams Passy February 14th 1779
573
To Count de Vergennes Passy February 27th 1779
579
To the President of Congress Braintree August 3d 1779
585
To James Lovell Braintree August 13th 1779
598
To Samuel Huntington President of Congress Braintree October
604
Instructions for a treaty of commerce with Great Britain
610
To the Governor of Corunna Corunna December 18th 1779
617
To the Count de Vergennes Paris February 12th 1780
624
Genet First Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs
630
Genet to John Adams Versailles February 20th 1780
636
To Samuel Adams Paris February 23d 1780
640
To Dr Cooper of Boston Paris February 28th 1780
646
To the President of Congress Paris March 3d 1780
648
To Edmund Jennings Paris March 12th 1780
657
To James Lovell Paris March 16th 1780
663
To Count de Vergennes Paris March 21st 1780
669
To the President of Congress Paris March 24th 1780
675
To the President of Congress Paris March 29th 1780
681
To Arthur Lee at LOrient Paris March 31st 1780
687
To the President of Congress Paris April 3d 1780
694
To the President of Congress Paris April 6th 1780
700
To William Carmichael Secretary of the American Embassy
710
To the President of Congress Paris April 8th 1780
712
To the President of Congress Paris April 10th 1780
716
602
722
de Sartine Paris April 16th 1780
729

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