CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. 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. SIR, Passy, 12 March, 1781. I had the honor of receiving on the 13th of last month your Excellency's letter of the 1st of January, together with the instructions of November 28th and December 27th, a copy of those to Colonel Laurens, and the letter to the King. I immediately drew a memorial, enforcing as strongly as I could the requests that are contained in that letter, and directed by the instructions, and I delivered the same with the letter, which were both well received; but, the ministry being extremely occupied with other weighty affairs, and I obtaining for some time only general answers, that something would be done for us, &c., and Mr. Laurens not arriving, I wrote again, and pressed strongly for a decision on the subject; that I might be able to write explicitly by this opportunity, what aids the Congress were, or were not, to expect; the regulation of their operations for the campaign depending on the information I should be enabled to give. 1 VOL. IX. A To Count de Vergennes. 29 November, 1782. To Robert R. Livingston. 4 December. Difficulties in conveying Intelligence to America. - Sup- To Robert Morris. 14 December. Efforts used to procure a new Loan in France. - Dutch - Military Stores. Settlement of Accounts. To Count de Vergennes. 15 December. 435 435 436 445 448 From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 15 December. 449 Complains that the Preliminaries between the British Commissioners had been concluded without any Communication with the French Cabinet. To Count de Vergennes. 17 December. No Peace can take Place between England and America 450 From Count de Vergennes to M. de la Luzerne. 19 Dec. 452 On the Signing of the Treaty of Peace by the English and To Robert Morris. 23 December. 457 Remits a Part of the new Loan.-Result of the Treaty The Swedish Ambassador exchanges full Powers with Planting Trees in Philadelphia. - Newspaper Abuse. From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 25 December. 462 To Samuel Cooper. 26 December. Preliminaries of a Treaty. - Importance of the Alliance 462 1783. From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 2 January. 464 To Richard Oswald. 14 January, 1783. Enclosing Propositions to abolish Privateering. From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 18 January. To Count de Vergennes. 18 January. From Benjamin Vaughan to B. Franklin. 18 January. To Robert R. Livingston. 21 January. Preliminaries signed between France, Spain, and England. From John Jay to B. Franklin. 26 January. To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 27 January. 471 472 473 473 475 On the Death of several Friends. Declines Visiting To John Sargent. 27 January.. 477 From Benjamin Vaughan to B. Franklin. 31 January. . 478 Urging various Reasons to induce Dr. Franklin to continue the Memoirs of his Life. From the Earl of Buchan to B. Franklin. 18 February. 486 Emigration from Scotland to the United States. From M. Rosencrone to M. de Walterstorf. 22 February. 487 Respecting a Treaty of Commerce between Denmark and the United States. From Benjamin Vaughan to B. Franklin. 25 February. Terms of the Peace not approved in England. - Parties in England.Lord Shelburne.-Mr. Fox. From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin. 28 February. Congratulation on the Peace.-Remarks on the Condition and Prospects of the United States. 489 To John Coakley Lettsom. 6 March. To Robert Morris. 7 March. Loan in France. To Robert R. Livingston. 7 March. From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 12 March. To the Earl of Buchan. 17 March. Lands and new Settlements in America. To Jonathan Shipley. 17 March. On the Peace with America. 503 To Count de Vergennes. 24 March. Requesting Permission to publish in Paris a Translation of the Constitutions of the United States. From Francis Hopkinson to B. Franklin. 27 March. 504 From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 31 March. Communicating a Supplemental Treaty. From M. Salva to B. Franklin. 1 April. Attempt of the Algerines to seize American Vessels. 505 506 Denmark. merce, -- Asks Reparation for 511 Definitive Treaty delayed. British Com - Medal.— People desiring to emigrate to America. -French Finances. From the Austrian Ambassador to B. Franklin. 15 April. 517 Soliciting Letters of Introduction for Professor Märter. From Charles J. Fox to B. Franklin. 19 April. To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 April. To Robert R. Livingston. 27 April. From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 5 May. 520 To Count de Vergennes. 5 May. To David Hartley. 8 May. Desires the Abolition of Privateering. From Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. 31 May. To M. Pierres. 10 June. To Robert R. Livingston. 12 June. Treaty with Sweden. - Treaty with Denmark in Progress. Portugal proposes to treat. England delayed. From the Baron de Staël to B. Franklin. 13 June. From the Prince de Deux-Ponts to B. Franklin. 14 June. To Henry Laurens. 6 July, 1783. Delay of the Negotiation. Mr. Laurens's Presence ne cessary. From M. Rosencrone to B. Franklin. 8 July. Treaty between Denmark and the United States. rocco. To Robert R. Livingston. 22 July.. Justifies the Signing of the Treaty without communicating To Sir Joseph Banks. 27 July. On the Return of Peace. From the Pope's Nuncio to B. Franklin. 28 July. To Count de Vergennes. 16 August. From M. de Rayneval to B. Franklin. 29 August.. To the President of Congress. 31 August. 528 529 530 532 546 548 549 549 |