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.

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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.)

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.

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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.

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Supplies. Exchange of Prisoners. — Plans of the English

Ministry.

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New Constitution of Massachusetts. - - Maintenance of the

Clergy - Scripture Phrases.

To Francis Lewis. 16 May.

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To John Adams. 19 May.

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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.

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Expenses of Foreign Ministers charged on Public Account.

From Samuel Huntington to B. Franklin. 19 June.

Reasons for detaining the Money which was Part of the

Grant obtained by Dr. Franklin.

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.

To the President of Congress. 11 July. 1781.

B. Franklin.

From Robert Morris to B. Franklin.

13 July.

Efforts to restore the Credit of the United States.- Ne-

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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.

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.

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..

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Appointed One of

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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.

92

To Thomas Pownall.

23 November. 1781.

To John Adams. 26 November.

Capitulation of Lord Cornwallis. General Greene.

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.

Campaign.

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Preparations for another

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.

104

Scheme of a Loan proposed by John de Neufville of Am-

sterdam.

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112

From William Alexander to B. Franklin. 15 December.

To David Hartley. 15 December.

To Charles W. F. Dumas. 19 December.

From Brissot de Warville to B. Franklin. 22 December. 114

Project of a Work on Legislation.

To Miss Martha Laurens. 29 December.

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.

126

From Professor Embser to B. Franklin. 6 January.

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.

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To David Hartley. 15 January.

No Negotiations can be opened without the Concurrence

of France. Commissioners authorized to treat.

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