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Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-nine, by HILLIARD, GRAY, AND Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME NINTH.
CORRESPONDENCE.
PART THIRD;
COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO
THE END OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE.
1775—1785.
(CONTINUED.)
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1781.
To the President of Congress. 12 March.
The King of France grants to the United States a further
Sum of Six Millions of Livres. — Declines the Mediation
of Russia and Austria. — Dr. Franklin requests Permission
of Congress to return Home.
To the Board of Admiralty. 17 March.
Account of the Squadron and Expedition of Paul Jones.
Disposition of the Prizes. — Captain Landais.
To William Hodgson. 1 April.
Conduct of Mr. Digges. — Peace. — Proposals of Media-
tion.
To Francis Dana. 7 April.
Respecting Mr. Dana's Mission to the Court of St. Peters-
burg.
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 10 April.
Difficulty of procuring a Loan in Holland.
To William Carmichael. 12 April.
Dr. Franklin's Enemies in America.
To John Adams. 29 April
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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.
British Policy. – Colonel
Laurens.
To the President of Congress. 14 May. .
Supplies. — Exchange of Prisoners. — Plans of the English
Ministry.
To Samuel Cooper. 15 May.
New Constitution of Massachusetts. — Maintenance of the
Clergy - Scripture Phrases.
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. 5 July.
To William Jackson. 6 July.
Account of the Manner in which the Money referred to
in the preceding Letters was obtained.
To Count de Vergennes. 6 July.
Mistakes respecting American Bills of Exchange and Com-
merce corrected.
From John Jay to B. Franklin. 9 July.
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To the President of Congress. 11 July, 1781.
From Robert Morris to B. Franklin. 13 July.
Efforts to restore the Credit of the United States. - Ne-
cessity of foreign Aid.
To Robert Morris. 26 July.
Disposition of the Moneys raised in France. American
Banker in Paris.
To John Adams. 6 August.
To Charles W. F. Dumas. 6 August.
Expects little Aid from Holland.
To Charles W. F. Dumas. 10 August.
To William Carmichael. 24 August.
Congress refuse to accept Dr. Franklin's Resignation.
To William Nixon. 5 September.
Means of doing much Good with little Money.
To Robert Morris. 12 September.
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. .
To Edmund Burke. 15 October.
Relative to General Burgoyne and Mr. Laurens.
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 24 October.
Mr. Livingston appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
To Thomas McKean. 5 November. .
American Prisoners in England. — Proposed Mediation not
agreed to by the British Cabinet. - Purchases of Goods in
Holland.
To Messrs. Kornmann. 21 November.
Relative to a Claim of Relationship with Dr. Franklin.
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To Thomas Pownall. 23 November, 1781.
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To John Adams. 26 November.
94
Capitulation of Lord Cornwallis, - General Greene.
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 26 November.
95
Proposed Treaty of Alliance between France, Holland, and
the United States.
From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 26 November. 96
Financial Difficulties of the United States. — Necessity of
further Assistance from France. — Preparations for another
Campaign.
From Robert Morris to B. Franklin. 5 December. . 102
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.
To John Adams. 14 December.
106
Scheme of a Loan proposed by John de Neufville of Am-
sterdam.
From William Alexander to B. Franklin. 15 December. 111
To William Alexander. 15 December.
112
To David Hartley. 15 December.
To Charles W. F. Dumas. 19 December.
113
From Brissot de Warville to B. Franklin. 22 December.
Project of a Work on Legislation.
To Miss Martha Laurens. 29 December.
115
Account of the Means used for the Release of Mr. Laurens.
From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 31 December. 117
1782.
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 2 January.
118
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. 126
Bipontine Edition of the Classics.
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.
141
No Negotiations can be opened without the Concurrence
of France.- Commissioners authorized to treat.