PAGE

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. March 31, 1782 to ditto, April 5, 1782

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to Robert R. Livingston, esq. April 8, 1782
to ditto, April 12, 1782

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109

110

112

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115

116

to the Hon. H. Laurens, esq. April 12, 1782
COMMISSION to Messrs. Adams, Franklin, Jay,

Laurens, and Jefferson, 15th June, 1781
Monsieur de Rayneval to Dr. Franklin, April 12, 1782
Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, Esq. April 13, 1782
to J. Adams, esq. April 13, 1782

D. Hartley esq. to Dr. Franklin, May 1, 1782

BREVIATE (enclosed in the above) Feb. 7, 1782
PRIVATE JOURNAL of Dr. Franklin, begun May 9,

1782

Dr. Franklin to Lord Shelburne, March 22, 1782
Lord Shelburne to Dr. Franklin, April 6, 1782

Henry Laurens, esq. to ditto, April 7, 1782

Dr. Franklin to Monsieur le Comte de Vergennes, April 15,

1782

to Lord Shelburne, April 18, 1782

Notes of Conversation

to J. Adams, esq. April 20, 1782
to H. Laurens, esq. April 20, 1782

J. Adams, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 16, 1782
Dr. Franklin to J. Adams, esq. April 20, 1782
J. Adams, esq. to Dr. Franklin, May 2, 1782
H. Laurens, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 30, 1782
Lord Shelburne to Dr. Franklin, April 28, 1782
Dr. Franklin to the Count de Vergennes, May 4, 1782
Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, May 5, 1782
Dr. Franklin to J. Adams, esq. May 8, 1782
C. J. Fox, esq. to Dr. Franklin, May 1, 1782

122

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Dr. Franklin to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, esq. May 10, 1782

to Lord Shelburne, May 10, 1782

to ditto, May 13, 1782

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- 164

D. Hartley, Esq. to Dr. Franklin, (London) May 3, 1782 167
Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. May 13, 1782
Henry Laurens, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Ostend, May 17,

1782

Dr. Franklin to H. Laurens, esq. May 25, 1782
D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, May 13, 1782
PROPOSED PRELIMINARIES, May, 1782
to Dr. Franklin, May 25, 1782
Lord Shelburne to Dr. Franklin, May 21, 1782

1

Lord Shelburne to Dr. Franklin, May 26, 1782
Dr. Franklin to Mr. Grenville, May 31, 1782

to J. Adams, esq. June 2, 1782

Lord Shelburne to R. Oswald, esq. May 21, 1782
MEMORANDUMS written by Lord Shelburne

Col. Hartley to Dr. Franklin, May 24, 1782

R. Oswald, esq. to Dr. Franklin, June 5, 1782

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202

Dr. Franklin to R. Oswald, esq. June 6, 1782
Extract from the London Evening Post of May 30,
1782

to R. Oswald, esq. June 11, 1782

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The Marquis de la Fayette to Dr. Franklin, June 20, 1782 215 J. Adams, esq. to Dr. Franklin, June 13, 1782 Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. June 25, 1782 220 to the Hon. Robert Morris, esq. June 25, 1782 to R. Oswald, esq. June 27, 1782

Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. June 28, 1782 225 to Dr. Cooper, June 28, 1782

to Henry Laurens, esq. July 2, 1782

Governor Pownall to Dr. Franklin, July 5, 1782

to the Hon. Mr. Hobart, July 2, 1782

230

Memorandum, by David Hartley, esq. July 8, 1782 238

The Marquis de la Fayette to Dr. Franklin, July 9, 1782

Dr. Franklin to the Marquis de la Fayette, July 9, 1782
to David Hartley, esq. July 10, 1782

to Benjamin Vaughan, esq. July 10, 1782
to ditto, July 11, 1782

to R. Oswald, esq. July 12, 178200
to Lord Shelburne, July 12, 1782

to the Marquis de la Fayette, July 24, 1782
D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, July 26, 1782
Lord Grantham to Dr. Franklin, July 26, 1782
Lord Shelburne to Dr. Franklin, July 27, 1782
Dr. Franklin to R. Oswald, esq. July 28, 1782

to Count de Vergenues, August 8, 1782 Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, August 8, 1782 Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. August 12,

1782

R. Oswald, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Sept. 5, 1782

ib.

Right Hon. Thomas Townshend to R. Oswald, esq.

Sept. 1, 1782

254

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Sept. 7, 1782
Dr. Franklin to R. Oswald, esq. Sept. 8, 1782 -

ib.

255

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, August 16, 1782
Dr. Franklin to John Jay, esq. Sept. 4, 1782

Dr. Franklin to the Earl of Grantham, Sept. 11, 1782 to David Hartley, esq. Sept. 17, 1782

PAGE

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R. Oswald, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Sept. 24, 1782
Right Hon. Thomas Townshend to R. Oswald, esq. Sept.
20, 1782

ib.

-257

258

Dr. Franklin to the Hon. Robert R. Livingston, esq. esq. ib.

Sept. 26, 1782

COMMISSION to R. Oswald, esq. Sept. 21, 1782 to the Hon. Robert R. Livingston, Oct. 14, 1782 to His Exellency J. Adams, esq. Oct. 15, 1782 Right Hon. Thomas Townshend to Dr. Franklin, Oct. 23,

Dr. Franklin to the Right Hon. T. Townshend, Nov. 4,

259

262

263

266

Henry Strachey, esq. to the ministers plenipotentiary, of the United States. Paris, Nov. 5, 1782

The American ministers in

Dr. Franklin

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answer to the foregoing, Nov. 6, 1782
to R. Oswald, esq. Nov. 6, 1782
ARTICLE proposed by the American Ple-
nipotentiaries

FACTS (in support of the foregoing)
to Richard Oswald, esq. Nov. 26, 1782
Resolve of Congress of Sept. 10, 1782
Bill proposed by the Assembly of the State
of Pennsylvania, Sept. 18, 1782

B. Vaughan, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Nov. 27, 1782
Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, Nov. 29, 1782

ARTICLES agreed on between R. Oswald, esq. and
the Commissioners of the United States of Ame-
rica, Nov. 30, 1782

278

ib.

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Dr. Frank PROPOSED ARTICLES enclosed in the fore

Dr. Franklin (to Robert R. Livingston, esq. Dec. 5, 1782 283

going

BRITISH PASS for the ship Washington

The American Plenipotentiaries to Robert R. Livingston, esq. Dec. 14, 1782. Containing remarks on the treaty

Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, Dec. 15, 1782
Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, in answer
Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, Dec. 17, 1782
Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, Dec. 25, 1782
Dr. Franklin to Richard Oswald, esq. Jan. 14, 1783
PROPOSITION relative to privateering

287

290

PAGE

307

ib.

Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, Jan. 18, 1783
Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, Jan. 18, 1783
B. Vaughan, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Paris, Jan. 18, 1783 308
Dr. Franklin to J. Adams, esq. Jan. 19, 1783
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Mr. Fitzherbert's Commission to treat with France ib.
DECLARATION by the American Plenipotentiaries 311
Copy of the first and the twenty-second Articles of
the Preliminary Treaty between France and Great
Britain

AMERICAN PASSPORT for British ships
PROCLAMATION OF THE KING OF GREAT BRI-
TAIN FOR THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES,
14th Feb. 1783

313

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315

317

Alleyne Fitzherbert, esq. to the American Ministers, Feb.
18, 1783
DECLARATION OF THE CESSATION OF ARMS
ON THE PART OF AMERICA, 20th Feb. 1783 * 318
David Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 12, 17,83
CONCILIATORY PROPOSITIONS, March, 1783
SKETCH OF A PROVISIONAL TREATY OF COM-
MERCE

BREVIATE of the Treaty

Dr. Franklin to David Hartley, esq. March 23, 1783
D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 31, 1783

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328

330

ib.

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SUPPLEMENTAL TREATY proposed
Paper enclosed in the foregoing letter -
Right Hon. C. J. Fox to B. Franklin, April 19, 1783
THREE ARTICLES proposed by the American mi-
nisters, April 29, 1783

Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, May 5, 1783
to D. Hartley, esq. May 8, 1783

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335

ib.

Hon. C. J. Fox to David Hartley, esq. May 9, 1783
MEMORIAL to Lord Shelburne, May 3, 1783
MEMORIAL to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, April
11, 1783
COMMISSION to D. Hartley, esq. 14th May, 1783 342
ORDER IN COUNCIL, May 14, 1783

Mr. Hartley's Observations and Propositions, May
21, 1783

PROPOSED AGREEMENT

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Mr. Temple Franklin to David Hartley, esq. May 21, 1783 350 Henry Laurens, esq. to the American Plenipotentiaries,

Dover, 10th June, 1783

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING, 6th June, 1783

351

ib.

D. Hartley, esq. to the American Ministers, June 14, 1783
MEMORIAL of David Hartley, esq. June 1, 1783,
(enclosed in the foregoing)

Henry Laurens, esq. to the American Plenipotentiaries,
London, June 17, 1783

-From the same to the same, June 20, 1783

Treaty

Answer to ditto

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359

364

367

368

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Mr. Hartley's Six Propositions for the Definitive

Dr. Franklin to Henry Laurens, esq. July 6, 1783

The American Ministers to D. Hartley, esq. July 17, 1783 371

to R. R. Livingston, esq. July, 1783

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Dr. Franklin to the same, July 22, 1783

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The American Ministers to the same, July 27, 1783

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David Hartley, esq. to the American Ministers, Paris, Au

Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, August 16, 1783
Monsieur de Rayneval to Dr. Franklin, Versailles, August

29, 1783

D. Hartley, esq. to the American Ministers, August 29, 1783 ib.
Answer to the foregoing
DEFINITIVE TREATY between Great Britain and the
United States of America, signed at Paris the 3d
day of Sept. 1783

David Hartley, esq. to the American Ministers, Sept. 4, 1783

Answer to the foregoing, Sept. 5, 1783

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. Sept. 7, 1783 to the same, Sept. 6, 1783

to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, esq. Sept. 5, 1783 - 395 to D. Hartley, esq. Sept. 7, 1783

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E. Boudinot, esq. to Dr. Franklin, enclosed in the foregoing ib. The American Ministers to D. Hartley, esq. Sept. 7, 1783 397 to Elias Boudinot, esq. President of Congress, Sept. 10, 1783

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin; Bath, Sept. 24, 1783

to the same, Oct. 4, 1783

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. Oct. 16, 1783 to the same, Oct. 22, 1783

to the Hon. Rob. Morris, esq. Dec. 25, 1783
to His Excellency Thomas Mifflin, President of
Congress, Dec. 25, 1783