THE LETTERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SILAS DEANE, JOHN ADAMS, JOHN JAY, 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. Published under the direction of the President of the United States, from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conforinably to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. E: Resolution of Congress of March 27th, 1818. Resolution directing the Publication and Distribution of the Journal and Proceedings of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Journal of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States, now remaining in the office of the Secretary of State, and all Acts and Proceedings of that Convention which are in possession of the Government of the United States, be published under the direction of the President of the United States, together with the Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings, and the Foreign Correspondence of the Congress of the United States, from the first meeting thereof down to the date of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-three, except such parts of the said Foreign Correspondence as the President of the United States may deem it improper at this time to publish. And that one thousand copies thereof be printed, of which one copy shall be furnished to each member of the present Congress; and the residue shall remain subject to the future disposition of Congress. APPROVED, March 27th, 1818. COMPLETE IN SIX VOLUMES. STEREOTYPED. Jackson Hall, Washington. Communicating the commission of M. Holker, as Consul General of France. To the President of Congress. Philadelphia, September 18th, Desires the appointment of a committee to whom he may communicate his Communications of the French Minister to Congress. In Congress, Proposed mediation of the Imperial Courts. The French Court requires the establishing of some preliminaries as to the admission of an American Minister to the proposed Congress, and the character in which England will treat the United States. The British Court requires the submission of its revolted subjects in America. Necessity of vigorous operations in America. Mr. Dana's mission to St. Petersburgh. The accession of Maryland to the Confederacy should be followed by vigorous measures. Mr. Adams in Holland. Aids to America. No further pecuniary assistance can be fur- To the President of Congress. 1781..... Philadelphia, September 24th, 13 Transmitting the memorial of a Spanish subject. Memorial of Don Francisco Rendon to the Minister of France...13 Requesting the release of certain prisoners taken at Pensacola by the Spanish forces, and afterwards captured by an American vessel. Congress to the Minister of France. Philadelphia, September 25th, |