Papers of John Adams Volume 17, April–November 1785 Front Matter Copyright Dedication Sponsorship Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 8 April 1785To Christian LotterSir I have received your letter of the 30 of March as I did another Sometime ago. I congratulate you on the Increase of your family and wish the New ... 8 April 1785To the Baron Lynden van BlitterswyckSir I take this Opportunity by Mr Bingham whom you once Saw at my House at the Hague to congratulate you on your agreable Situation in England as I e... 8 April 1785To Richard PriceSir I received sometime ago from Dr Franklin a Copy of the first Edition of your Observations, on the Importance of the American Revolution, and a fe... 8 April 1785From William GordonMy dear Sir I hope this will find you at Westminster. I congratulate You upon your late appointment; it was what I wished for, as what I thought woul... 8 April 1785The Marquis de Lafayette to the American CommissionersGentlemen In Consequence of Your desire, I Have Endeavoured to Collect informations, Relative to the presents which the African Powers Usually Receiv... 9 April 1785From Thomas CushingDear Sir, I am obliged to you for your favor of the 25th. Octr. last & for the intelligence it contained relative to the line between this State & No... 10 April 1785From Francis DanaMy dear Friend A short time before the receipt of your letter of the 4th. of Novr: I had written to you & enclosed an account of the cash I had advan... 11 April 1785From Tristram DaltonDear Sir Under date of the 21st Decem, of the last Year, I did myself the honor of addressing You; since which time I have not had the pleasure of re... 13 April 1785To Elbridge GerryDear sir I am, this moment informed, that the Packet is arrived but neither Dr F. nor I have any Letters as yet. this is unlucky, because We Shall no... 13 April 1785To John JaySir I have written, by the late Packetts, for the Orders of Congress concerning near a Million of Guilders in the Hands of Messs. Willinks &c in Amst... 13 April 1785The American Commissioners to John JaySir Our letter to you the 18th day of March with those preceding that period which had been addressed to the President of Congress have conveyed exac... 13 April 1785From John JayDear Sir I had the Honor of writing to you on the 15th: March last mentioning your Appointment to the Court of London; on the 18th: of the same Month... 13 April 1785From Charles StorerDear Sir, While I was at St: Quentin the last Winter, I was admitted to see a very large manufactory of Looking-Glass— ’Twas a particular priviledge,... 14 April 1785To Philippe André Joseph de LétombeSir The Packetts which go Monthly from L’Orient to New york are very beneficial in my humble opinion both to France and America—and I cannot say that... 14 April 1785From Ebenezer CrosbySir From a grateful & lively recollection of your former favours & friendly disposition towards me, I am induced to trouble you with a request, which... 14 April 1785From Richard Henry LeeMy dear Sir, The desire of paying my respects to an old and excellent friend compels me under all the pressures of ill health and much business, to a... 19 April 1785From Tristram DaltonDear Sir The enclosed letter, of the 11th Instant, was intended by a Coll Norton, whose unexpected departure deprived me of the favorable opportunity... 21 April 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & FynjeSir As the Time of having inserted in Our Newspapers the payment of the Intrest of the United States is approching, and we Still deprived of Any Lett... 22 April 1785To Joseph WillardSir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me the fourteenth of December, with the Resolution of the President and Fellows of the ... 23 April 1785To Benjamin WaterhouseDear Sir This Letter will be delivered you, by your old Acquaintance, John Quincy Adams, whom I beg Leave to recommend to your Attention and favour. ... 24 April 1785To John JaySir The Letter you did me the honour to write me on the 11th. of February last, containing the Ratification of my last Loan, of two million Guilders,... 25 April 1785To Elbridge GerryDear Sir Your Favour of 14. Feb. I have received of Mr Jarvis, full, as usual, of important Information. I have recd, too the Ratification of my Loan... 25 April 1785From Elbridge Gerry I am favoured my dear sir by the last post with yours of the 9th of september & 12th of December, since the Date of Which some Arrangements which I c... 26 April 1785To Tristram DaltonDear Sir. My Son is going home, and for his sake as well as my own, I will not let him go without a Line to you. We are glad to find that Congress ar... 26 April 1785To Samuel MatherSir I received with Pleasure your valuable Legacy, and your Letter by Mr: Temple. I am obliged to you for these Attentions to me, and should have ack... 26 April 1785To James SullivanDear Sir. Yesterday at the Marquis de la Fayette’s, he told me, that he had received a Letter from Mr: Gerry, in which he was surprized to be informe... 26 April 1785To James WarrenDear Sir I See by the publick Papers that Mr Hancock has resigned, and I Suppose you have just passed through the Bustle of a new Election. it is a q... 26 April 1785Francesco Favi to the American CommissionersMessieurs Le projet du Traité, que vous m’avéz fait l’honneur de m’adresser dans le mois de Decembre dernier, et que vous avéz proposé à Son Altesse ... 27 April 1785To Samuel AdamsDear Sir The Child whom you used to lead out into the common to see with detestation the British Troops and with Pleasure the Boston Militia will hav... 27 April 1785To Charles ChauncySir. I was much obliged to you for your kind Letter by Mr: Temple which I received in London; but having been called from thence to the Hague, & from... 27 April 1785To William GordonDear Sir. I am like other Debtors, afraid to look into my Affairs lest I should find the balance against me. it is so with you, I very much Suspect. ... 27 April 1785To Nathaniel Peaslee SargeantDear Sir. My Son, who is going home may possibly reside Sometime at his Unkle Shaw’s, or at least will make a Visit there, sometimes, and will in cou... 27 April 1785To Ezra StilesSir I received with Pleasure, your Letter by Col. Humphreys whom I have found in all respects the Man of Merit and Taste whom you describe, well qual... 27 April 1785From Mercy Otis Warren I thank you sir for your favour of the 13th Decmber. I take up my pen to acknowledge it, & to Congratulate you on your Domestic Felicity in the Last ... 28 April 1785To Elbridge GerryMy dear Sir Your Letter of the 24 of February was this morning put into my Hand. That which you refer to as informing me, that Mr Livingston was in n... 28 April 1785To John TrumbullDear Sir It was with much Pleasure that I received your Letter by Mr Humphreys, in whom I have found all those valuable qualities, you led me to expe... 29 April 1785To Richard Henry LeeDear Sir The Appointment of a Secretary of foreign Affairs, interrupts the Official Correspondence, with your Excellency, and I know too well the con... 29 April 1785From William PacaSir, We take the Liberty to solicit every possible Assistance you can give on the Subject of the enclosed Copy of a Letter which Samuel Chase Esquire... 1 April 178530 April 1785From George ClintonSir Your Excellency’s Letter of the 4th: of Feby: inclosed in one from Mr: Dumas of the 9th: of August last, did not reach me before some Time in Dec... 2 May 1785To Elbridge GerryMy dear Sir The Imputation of a weak Passion has made So much Impression upon me, that it may not be improper to Say a little more about it, even alt... 2 May 1785From Benjamin FranklinMr Franklin presents his Respects to Mr Adams, & acquaints him, that a New York Gentleman, Paul Randal Esqr. is just arriv’d at Paris, and has Letters... 2 May 1785From William SmithDear Sr. I wrote you about 3 Weeks since by Col. Norton & inclos’d you some of our last papers. since which a Meeting of the Merchants & Traders of t... 3 May 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, J’espere que les Lettres d’Amérique, que je vous ai acheminées il y a quelque temps, vous sont bien parvenues, & que leur contenu vous a ét... 3 May 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur, Je ressens une veritable Sátisfaction, en mettant aujourdhui la derniere main a un Ouvrage qui a commencé d’ètre entrepris a la Haye sous V... 3 May 1785The Baron von Thulemeier to the American CommissionersMessieurs, Les ordres du Roi que je viens de recevoir, me mettent à même de vous fournir, Messieurs, les éclaircissemens que Vous m’avez demandés par... 4 May 1785To John JaySir The day before Yesterday I received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the Eighteenth of March, inclosing a Commission, Instructions... 5 May 1785To John JaySir The Britons boast that All the Prophecies of the Loss of the American Trade, from the Independance of the United States have proved false: that t... 6 May 1785To Samuel OsgoodDear Sir. I have learnt with Pleasure, your Appointment to be one of the Commissioners of the Treasury of the United States and hope to hear by the n... 6 May 1785To Isaac Smith Sr.Sir My Son who is upon his return home will deliver to you and your worthy Family in all its Branches, the Respects and Affections of mine: but I oug... 6 May 1785To Mercy Otis WarrenMadam My Son would go home, very improperly without a Letter to Mrs Warren, whose Virtues and Accomplishments his Father has so long admired. The Tim... 7 May 1785To John JaySir In a former Letter I expressed a Doubt whether I Should go directly to London, or first to the Hague in order to take Leave: but upon further Ref... 8 May 1785To John JaySir In executing the Instructions of Congress, of the Seventh of March last, as well as all former Orders, which concern the Court of Great Britain, ... 8 May 1785From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear friend Inclosed you will find what I intended to Carry this Morning— but the duke de Choiseùil’s death which Happened About twèlve o’ clock p... 9 May 1785From Thomas CushingSir, The Agents appointed by the Genl. Assembly of this State to conduct & prosecute their Claims to certain Lands lying to the Westward, controverte... 11 May 1785To C. W. F. DumasSir I received Yesterday your favour of the 3d. The Letters you Sent me from America I have received. one Packet contained old News Papers, the other... 11 May 1785To the Baron von ThulemeierSir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the third of this Month, and am happy to find by the Letters inclosed which I hav... 11 May 1785The American Commissioners to John JaySir Our last letter to you was dated April 13. 1785. and went by the packet of that month from l’Orient. Since that date the Letter No. 1. a. directe... 13 May 1785To John JaySir We meet as you know very well, so often with foreign Ministers, at Court and at other Places and have So many transient Conversations upon Subjec... 13 May 1785From Charles StorerDear Sir, In obedience to your Commands, by Mr: West, respecting Lodgings, I have been, yesterday & today, in search of such as I thought would suit ... 16 May 1785The American Commissioners to the Duke of DorsetMy Lord Duke We received in due time the letter which your Grace did us the honour to write us on the 26th day of March last, and have delayed the ac... 18 May 1785To C. W. F. DumasSir I have recd. yours of the 12th and thank you for your Congratulations and kind Wishes of Success. As Congress have not yet dissolved my Relation ... 22 May 1785To Thomas JeffersonMy dear Sir We left Auteuil the 20th. afternoon and have made easy Journeys. indeed We could not have done otherwise, because the Posthorses were eng... 23 May 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir We are just arrived, covered with Dust, and have hired, our Boat, to go over tomorrow at ten. no green Peas, no Sallad, no Vegetables to be ... 23 May 1785From James GrubbI beg leave to acquaint your Excellency that I Yesterday received advice that the Pilot Cutter, Commanded by Lieut. Seymor Lynn in the Service of the ... 25 May 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your letter of the 22d from Montreuil sur mer is put into my hands this moment, and having received information of your son and two American... 26 May 1785To the Marquis of Carmarthen Mr Adams has the Honour to acquaint the Right Honourable the Marquis of Caermarthen, that he is just arrived in Town with Credentials from the United... 27 May 1785John Adams’ Memorandum of a Meeting with the Marquis of Carmarthen Agreable to appointment Mr: Adams and Mr: Smith waited on the Right Honourable the Marquis of Carmarthen at oneo Clock at his House in Grosvenors Squ... 27 May 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I arrived Yesterday and have made my Visit to day, and been very politely recd, by the Marquis, but of this more hereafter. this is devoted ... 27 May 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I found that either the Duke of Dorsetts Letter to the Premier, had produced an order at Dover or that his Graces Letter to the Custom House... 27 May 1785From the Marquis of CarmarthenSir, I forgot to mention to you today when you did me the honour to call upon me in Grosvenor Square, that it is customary for every Foreign Minister... 28 May 1785To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I have received the Letter your Lordship did me the Honour to write me Yesterday, and have here inclosed a Copy of the Letter of Credence whi... 28 May 1785From Richard Henry LeeDear Sir, I had the honor of writing to you by Colo. Smith, which letter I doubt not but that you have, or will in due time, safely receive. My hopes... 29 May 1785To Benjamin Franklin and Thomas JeffersonGentlemen Our Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, in a Letter of 13. Ap. informs me, that he wrote Us a Letter by Capt. Lamb dated 11. March, inc... 29 May 1785To John JayDear Sir I was obliged to a Letter from the Duke of Dorsett, to the Custom House at Dover, as I Suppose for the respect with which my Baggage was all... 29 May 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & FynjeGentlemen. I am now to inform you, that I am ordered by Congress to this Country, and you will please to address your future Letters to me as Ministe... 30 May 1785To John JayDear Sir I have redeemed a Moment, from a Multitude of Avocations, at this critical Time, to acknowledge the Receipt by Coll Smith of your Letters of... 1 June 1785To John JayDear Sir. In my Letter of the 29th. Ulto. I inclosed Copies of the Letters which had passed between the secretary of State and myself—wherin this Day... 2 June 1785To John JayDear Sir During my Interview with the Marquis of Carmarthen he told me, that it was customary, for every foreign Minister, at his first Presentation ... 2 June 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favours of May 23. and the two of May 27. came safely to hand, the first being open. that of the 22d. from Montreuil sur mer had been r... 3 June 1785To Benjamin Franklin and Thomas JeffersonGentlemen— I have now the honour to inform you that having shewn my Commission to the Right Honourable the Marquis of Carmarthen, and left an Authent... 3 June 1785To the Marquis de LafayetteDear Sir. I took the Journey leisurely, and arrived here on Thursday and had the pleasure to learn that Colonel Smith had arrived the evening before,... 3 June 1785From Jeremiah AllenSir I have bought a Bill Drawn by the Honble Mr Dana, on your Excellency for Three Hundred fifty seven pounds sixteen shillings & Nine pence Sterg wh... 3 June 1785From Christian LotterMay it please Your Excellency! Your Excellency’s good opinion and Satisfaction of my Conduct, and the gracious favour Your Excellency is pleased to b... 3 June 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & FynjeSir We have your respected Favor of 29 Ulto: notifying your having been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary from the United-States of America to the C... 4 June 1785From Francis DanaDear Sir I had the pleasure of your favour of 8th: March last on the 26th: of last Month, in which you acknowledge the receipt of mine of the 12th: D... 5 June 1785From Patience Lovell WrightMrs Wrights Most Respectfull Complints to her Friend—Adams Esqr. &c.—and has the pleasur to deliver to him those papers—from Major Labilleere presente... 6 June 1785To John JayDear Sir Colonel Smith, on the third of this Month informed me, that Col Forrest, had been with him, in behalf of two Gentlemen of Glascow, Mr Calquh... 7 June 1785To Thomas BarclayDear Sir— I have received your favour of 24th. May, by Mr. Chew, and am very Sorry to hear of your ill Health, You must come to my remedy a Walk of f... 7 June 1785To James GrubbSir. I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me, on the 23 of May, relative to the seizure of the Brigantine Nancy, Capt. John Lime... 7 June 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have recd yours of 25. May. and thank you for the News of my son, and for the News of Paris. I wished to have Seen the Queens Entrance int... 7 June 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur Lahaie Je me vois honoré des vôtres du 11, 18 & 29 May; Je sens l’incongruité qu’il y auroit à venir prendre congé sans Lettres de rappel, &... 7 June 1785From Christian LotterMay it please Your Excellence! Your Excellency has been pleased to inform me in Your honored of the 29th: of last month, that You have been pleased t... 7 June 1785From James SullivanDear Sir I had the honor on the 2d Instant of receiving your much Esteemed favour of the 11th of March. you have I hope, already received an Act of C... 8 June 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, J’ai la satisfaction de pouvoir vous annoncer que tout est à peu près raccom̃odé. Je dis à peu près: car il faudra toujours écrire, le plut... 9 June 1785John Adams’ Lease for the American Legation at No. 8 Grosvenor Square Memorandum It is hereby agreed Between Thomas Like and Henry Turner of Frith Street Soho in the County of Middlesex Upholders on behalf of the Honour... 10 June 1785To C. W. F. DumasDear sir I have recd your Letter, and am very Sorry that I ever thought of giving you any Trouble about my Books and Secretaries. it must be a great ... 10 June 1785To Hendrik FagelSir I have the Honour to inform you, that I have recd from Congress a Letter of Credence to his Britannic Majesty as Minister Plenipotentiary of the ... 10 June 1785To John JaySir Yesterday the ninth of the Month, I was presented to the Queen by my Lord Aylesbury, her Lord Chamberlain, having been attended to his Lordship a... 10 June 1785To Christian LotterSir, I am sorry to have given Mr: or Made: Dumas any trouble about my little affairs at the Hotel. Their friendship for me would have induced them to... 13 June 1785To C. W. F. DumasSir I am honoured with yours of the 7. and 8 of June. I have been introduced here, to Sir James Harris, who Seems to be a Sensible and agreable Man. ... 13 June 1785Memorial to the States GeneralHigh and mighty Lords. The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, has the Honour to inform your High Mightinesses, tha... 14 June 1785From Hendrik FagelMonsieur. Je viens de recevoir la lettre, dont Vous m’avés honoré le 10 de ce mois. Je considere, comme úne marqúe particúliere de l’estime, qúe Vos ... 15 June 1785From Benjamin Franklin and Thomas JeffersonSir Among the instructions given to the Ministers of the United states for treating with foreign powers, was one of the 11th. of May 1784. relative t... 17 June 1785To John JaySir At three O Clock according to Appointment, I went to the Secretary of States Office, in Cleavland Row St. James’s, and was immediately received b... 17 June 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, V. E. Verra par les copies ci-jointes, qu’il ne s’est agi que de rendre à ces Messieurs d’Amsterdam un service, qu’ils me demandoient insta... 17 June 1785From Hendrik FagelMonsieur J’espere, qúe ma lettre, qúe j’ai eú l’honneúr de Voús ecrire mardi passé, voús Sera bien parvenúe. Voús ÿ aures Vú, Monsieúr, qu’en consequ... 17 June 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur. La lettre dont Vous m’avés honoré, Monsieur, en date du 11. du mois dernier ne m’a été rendue que le 24. Je ne puis que Vous remercier de t... 17 June 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & FynjeSir! We had the honour to write your Excellencÿ the 3th: instant, in consequence of which Mr: de la Lande hath been at the Hague to see everÿ thing i... 20 June 1785To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord By the Seventh Article of the provisional Treaty of Peace, signed on the thirtieth of November, One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two, co... 20 June 1785To Hendrik FagelSir After my Letter to you of the tenth, I thought it might be more respectfull to the Lords the States General, to write to them and accordingly I d... 21 June 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, L’Expéditeur à Rotterdam de nos Messrs. d’Amsterdam, m’apprend qu’il a reçu les Passeports de L. H. P. que je lui avois envoyés pour vos ef... 22 June 1785From Clement Cottrell Dormer Mr: Cottrell presents his Compliments to Mr: Adams, and informs Him, that there is no Ceremonial attending the Presentation of the Ladies of Foreign ... 22 June 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir My last to you was of the 2d. inst. since which I have received yours of the 3d. and 7th. I informed you in mine of the substance of our let... 26 June 1785To William GordonSir I have received your Letter, and can assure you that the use you made of any expressions of mine concerning the refugees was not the cause of my ... 26 June 1785To John JayDear Sir By the Ninth Article of the Confederation, the United States in Congress assembled have the sole and exclusive right and Power of entering i... 26 June 1785From William PeterkinSir I presume, in all humility, to request the protection of the Embassador of the United States of North America. I have been, for above sixteen yea... 28 June 1785From John ThaxterSir, At the last Term of the Supreme Judicial Court held at Ipswich came upon Trial the Celebrated Cause of John Murray vs the Inhabitants of Glouces... 28 June 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir! We are in the disagreable necessity to acquaint the Honble. Commissioners of the Board of Treasury of the United States of America, that Mess. D... 1 July 1785From De la Lande & FynjeSir! Messrs: Willink and van Staphorst have acquainted your Excellency last post, with the calamity that hath befallen our House. We now make free to... 2 July 1785To the Board of TreasuryGentlemen By Letter I received yesterday fm—Messrs: Willinks & Van Staphorsts of Amsterdam, I learn with much Concern the misfortune of their associa... 2 July 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen I have received your Letter of the 28th. of June, and have conveyed your Letter to the Board of Treasury, by a Vessell which sails this Day... 2 July 1785From Samuel AdamsDear sir, I cannot omit the Opportunity of writing by Monsr de le Etombe who is going to France & will take the Care of this Letter. You must not exp... 3 July 1785From Thomas CushingSir This will be delivered you by The Sieur De le Tombe Consull General of France for the four New England Governments, who during his Residence here... 5 July 1785From Joseph and Isaac SaportasSir We are Sorry we happend to be from home when your Excellency entended us the honour of a visit, and hope we may flatter ourselves with that Satis... 6 July 1785To Elbridge GerryMy dear Friend The inclosed Letters I Sent to Mr Jay in Cypher, but as the Conversations with the King and Queen have been reported by Lord Carmarthe... 7 July 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir This will accompany a joint letter inclosing the draught of a treaty, and my private letter of June 22. which has waited so long for a priva... 8 July 1785From Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson with a Draft Anglo-American Treaty of Amity and CommerceSir We duly received your letter of the 20th of June, and now in consequence thereof send you a draught of a treaty which we should be willing to hav... 8 July 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir. We Refer Our Selves to what we had the honour to write yoúr Excells. the 17th. June, Since none of yoúr favoúrs, Serves this principally to hand... 10 July 1785From Jeremiah AllenDear sir Above is a Copy of my last Respects per Scott, but as We had very bad weather, accident may have happen’d to him, Therefore I shall foward t... 11 July 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Doctr. Franklin sets out this morning for Havre from whence he is to cross over to Cowes there to be taken on board Capt Truxen’s ship bound... 11 July 1785From Lewis Denis WardSir It is with great respect I trouble you with these lines, the peculiarity of my situation, is the only excuse I can make for sending them. My Wife... 12 July 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir! In answer to your favour of the 2d: of this Month, we are Sorry to Confirm your Idea that the Misfortune of Messrs: de La Lande & fynje is most ... 13 July 1785From the Marquis de LafayetteMy Dear Sir Had I Been But a slow traveller, I should much Sooner Have Received, and of Course Aknowledged Your favours— But the Rapidity of my March... 14 July 1785To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord— The twenty second Article of the Preliminary Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and France, signed on the twentieth of January 1783—is in... 14 July 1785From Elbridge GerryMy dear sir I have lately returned to this City after four Months Absence, & am favoured with your several Letters of the 31st Jany 9th of March & 13... 15 July 1785To Richard Henry LeeDear Sir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the 28 May, and am fully of your Opinion of the Importance of Concord betwee... 16 July 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have been so perplexed with Ceremonials, Visits Removals and eternal applications from Beggars of one Species and another, besides the rea... 16 July 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentn I have received your Letter of the 12 and a former one. Mr Lotter will present you two Accounts approved by me, one against the United States a... 18 July 1785To William FraserSir Dr Franklin as I am informed departed from Paris on the Eleventh, for Havre from whence he is to cross over to Cowes, there to be taken on board ... 18 July 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir. Your favours of June 22d. and July 7 and 11th. are before me. The delay of Mr: Lamb’s Arrival is unfortunate, but I think with you that the... 19 July 1785To John JayDear Sir. Give me leave to propose for your consideration, and to request you to submit to the decision of Congress whether it would not be proper th... 19 July 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur, Les Ordres du Roi m’ont autorisé a mettre la derniére Main au Traité de Commerce et d’amitié entre S. M. et les Etats Unis de l’amérique, T... 20 July 1785From John LyddiardHonoured Sir I hope you will Pardon my Boldness of Wrighting to you Itt is to Ask the Favour of you to Gett me my Discharge from a English Man of War... 21 July 1785From Tristram DaltonDear Sir I am honored with your esteemed Letter of the 5th March last, and congratulate You on your appointment to that Court, where it was so much f... 24 July 1785To De la Lande & FynjeGentlemen I have recd your Letter and Sincerely Sympathize with you under your Misfortunes. I have transmitted your Letter to N. York and had before ... 24 July 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir. I have a Letter from the Baron De Thulemeier of the 19th. and a Copy of his Letter to you of the same date. I hope now in a few Day’s to ta... 24 July 1785To the Baron von ThulemeierSir I have recd, the Letter, you did me, the Honour to write me on the 19 of this month and the Copy of your Letter to my Colleague Mr Jefferson. it ... 25 July 1785From William GreeneSir I have to address your Excy. concerning the Liberation of a Subject of this State from English Service. Richard Low of a respectable Family in th... 26 July 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir We have before us the honour of your Excelly’s esteemed favour of 16 July, whch. only is arrived with us the 24 inst, in conformity of your desir... 27 July 1785To the Marquis of Carmarthen with a Draft Declaration on the Cessation of Anglo-American HostilitiesMy Lord Since the Letter which I did myself the honour to write to your Lordship, relative to the Construction of the Armistice, I have received furt... 27 July 1785From Jabez BowenSir I am Requested by John Low Esqr. a Respectable Citizen of this State to make application for the Release of his Son Richard Low, who was taken in... 27 July 1785From Arthur LeeMy dear Sir Being at this place, on private business, I cannot omit the opportunity of writing to you. The critical & alarming situation of this Coun... 28 July 1785From William CarmichaelSir I did not receive until the 26th Inst. the Letter you did me the honor to address me the 3d of June announcing your presentation & audience at St... 28 July 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favors of July 16. and 18. came to hand the same day on which I had received Baron Thulemeier’s inclosing the ultimate draught for the ... 29 July 1785To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord. The Course of Commerce, since the peace, between Great Britain and the United States of America, has been such as to have produced many inco... 29 July 1785To William CarmichaelSir Mr Samuel Watson, a Citizen of the United States of America and Settled at Charlestown South Carolina as a Merchant Sailed from thence about two ... 29 July 1785To John JaySir. I have the honour to inclose a Copy of a Letter to the Marquis of Carmarthen of the 14th. of July, another of the 27th. with a project of a Decl... 29 July 1785From De la Lande & FynjeSir! We feel ourselves very much beholden to your Excellency, for your Condescension to favour us with Your respected letter of the 24th Inst:, but e... 29 July 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir We refer to what we had the Honor to write you last post, and now send you inclosed a Copy of the Articles of Partnerschip between Geyer and De l... 30 July 1785To the Count Frederik von ReventlowSir I have the Honour of transmitting to you, herewith enclosed a certified Copy of an Act of Congress of the 21. of March last, instructing me to co... 31 July 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I was honoured yesterday with your’s of the 24th. instant. when the {1st. article} of {our instrns} of May {7.} 1784. was {under debate in C... 1 August 1785From Richard Henry LeeMy dear Sir, I received your letter by your Son with the pleasure that will always attend such communications from an old and much esteemed friend— B... 3 August 1785From Elbridge GerryMy dear sir The packet has given her Signal this Morning for sailing & I have but an half Hour to write. You son Mr Adams delivered me your Favours o... 3 August 1785From John JayDr: Sir I have had the Honor to receive and communicate to Congress your Letters of 15th: December 1784 13} April 1785 24 4 May 5 May 7 May 8 May 13... 4 August 1785To Thomas JeffersonMy dear Sir Yesterday our Friend Mr Short arrived. Mr Dumas had never any Commission from Congress, and therefore can have no Title under the United ... 4 August 1785From William Stephens SmithDr: Sir. The request I am going to make, will perhaps at the first blush appear singular—this you’ll excuse—If improper—I shall ever acknowledge myse... 5 August 1785To William Stephens SmithDear Sir In answer to your Letter of yesterday, you will give me leave to say, that your assistance and advice, has been at all times so usefull and ... 5 August 1785The American Commissioners to William ShortSir A Treaty of Amity & Commerce between the United States of America & his Majesty the King of Prussia having been arranged with the Baron de Thulem... 5 August 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur, Les deux lettres dont Vous m’avez honoré, Monsieur, en date du 16 & 24 Juillet, m’ont été successivement très bien rendues. J’écris aujourd... 6 August 1785To John JayDear Sir I find the Spirit of the Times very different from that which you and I Saw, when We were here together, in the months of November and decem... 6 August 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I now inclose you a draught of a treaty for the Barbary states, together with the notes Dr. Franklin left me. I have retained a presscopy of... 7 August 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir As to the Cask of Wine at Auteuil, it is not paid for. if you will pay for it and take it, you will oblige me. by a Sample of it, which I ta... 8 August 1785To John JayDear Sir It would be of little Consequence to Us, whether there was a Union between Great Britain and Ireland or not, or whether Mr Pitts 20 Proposit... 8 August 1785From Stephen HigginsonSir.— Though I have not the honour of a personal acquaintance with you, I shall, at the desire of a number of the Gentlemen in Trade, take the libert... 10 August 1785To John JayDear Sir The Arret of the King of France, in his Council of the Tenth of July, has a Preamble which deserves to be well considered in America. The in... 10 August 1785From James BowdoinSir, Your removal from the Hague to London, in the character of Plenipotentiary, gives a general & great pleasure. The abilities so successfully exer... 10 August 1785From Jonathan JacksonDear Sir I had the pleasure of receiving your Letter from Paris of the 18th. March just before I embarked from Ireland for America— but had not the p... 10 August 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favor of the 4th. inst. came to hand yesterday. I now inclose you the two Arrets against the importation of foreign manufactures into t... 10 August 1785From Philip MazzeiDear Sir, The day before yesterday I took the liberty to trouble you with a few lines by Mr. Prentis, & expressed my determination to do it more at l... 12 August 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We have received the Letter Your Excellency favored us with under date of 5th: Inst:— It gives us Pleasure that the Contract entered into between Mes... 13 August 1785From William GordonMy dear Sir Yours by your son was a very agreeable letter. I recd it last wednesday while at the President’s, where I had the pleasure of viewing you... 15 August 1785To Samuel AdamsDear Sir, I recd. your letter by Monsr: de le Tombe yesterday: Every line from your hand gives me pleasure. The Embarassments thrown in the way of ou... 15 August 1785To Thomas CushingSir, Last evening Monsr: de le Tombe called upon me with your letter of 3d. July, inclosing the Massachusetts’ Act of Navigation. As you do me the ho... 16 August 1785To James SullivanDear Sir, Yesterday I received your favor of June. 7th. and the day before I received from Boston the Navigation-Act of Massachusetts. It is probable... 16 August 1785From Samuel AdamsMy dear Sir The Governour of this Commonwealth will transmit to you Copies of Letters which lately passed between him and Capt Stanhope Commander of ... 17 August 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I received yesterday your favor of the 7th. {this was 4. days later than} mr̃ Short’s of the {same date.} it {had evidently been opened. so ... 18 August 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received your Favour of the 6. Aug. with the Notes and Project inclosed. How can We send another Person? We have not in our Full Powe... 19 August 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen, I last night recd. yr: favor of the 12th. and I must repeat to you that I still persist in a fixed resolution to have nothing to do with M... 20 August 1785From John WilliamsSir; When the dispute between America & the English ministry, first commenced; I summon’d a meeting of Americans and planters, in order to frame a pe... 21 August 1785To John JebbDear Sir As I had the misfortune the other day not to agree fully with you in opinion concerning the 36th article of the Constitution of Pennsylvania... 22 August 1785From the Count Frederik von ReventlowMonsieur, C’est avec bien de la reconnoissance que j’ai reçû la communication que Vous avés bien voulu me faire, de la maniére dont les Etats unis d’... 23 August 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir last night, I received your Favour of the 17.— if both Governments are possessed of the Contents of my letter of the 7th. by opening it in t... 23 August 1785To Philip MazzeiDear Sir I have recd your Favours of the 8. &. 10, and although I am Sorry you did not find every Thing to your Satisfaction in America, I congratula... 23 August 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur En réponse aux ordres dont vous m’avez honoré, conjointément avec Son Exce. Mr. Jepherson, en date de Londres Août 5e., Nous avons vaqué tou... 23 August 1785From William Shortsir After waiting on mr. Dumas we went two Days ago, by Appointment to the Baron de Thulemeier’s. A simple Matter of Etiquette as you will see, preve... 25 August 1785To John JayDear Sir Yesterday, I had a long Conference with Mr Pitt for the first time.— He never had proposed any Interview with me, and I had delayed to reque... 26 August 1785To Elbridge GerryDear Sir You will have Seen by my Public Dispatches what Prospects We have of any Sudden Arrangement with this Country. I may be more free, in a Lett... 26 August 1785To Richard Henry LeeSir, This letter will be delivered you by Mr: C. S. of Boston, who has lived much in my family & done me much service as a private Seretary, and that... 27 August 1785From Richard O’Bryen, Isaac Stephens, and Zaccheus CoffinHonoured Sir We The Subjects of the United States having the misfortune of Being taken by the Cruisers of Algires and has Been made Slaves of take th... 28 August 1785To John JaySir I do myself the Honour to inclose to Congress the Statute of 25. G. 3. c. 81. for the better securing the Duties payable on Tobacco. and another ... 29 August 1785To John JaySir The United States began their Career upon the most liberal System of Commerce: France met them with a liberal System too, or rather with an Artf... 30 August 1785To John JaySir The more I consider what I See and hear every day the more I am inclined to think We Shall be obliged to imitate the Utopians who as Sir Thomas M... 30 August 1785To William ShortSir I have received your Favour of the 23. and I hope e’er this time the Baron has received Orders to Sign in both Languages. This is a favourite Poi... 30 August 1785From Christian LotterMay it please Your Excellency! A Surprize, nourished from the contents of the inclosed from Messrs: Willink & Comp:, obliges me to an immediate addre... 30 August 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir We have received in due Time your Favor of the 19th. and observe what you say relative to Mr. Parkers proposals. We would not venture to act in a... 31 August 1785To John JaySir The Marquis of Carmarthen told me a Story of an Italian Ambassador who resided at this Court some Years ago, which was very humerous. It was his ... 1 September 1785From William Wenman SewardSr. Having perused the ordinance of the United states dated 20th. May last, concerning the disposal of lands in the Western Territory; and finding th... 2 September 1785To John HancockSir, This letter will be delivered you by Mr: S.—a Gent: who has lived sometime in my family at the Hague, in Paris & in London. He will inform you i... 2 September 1785To John JaySir Mr Temple is gone out as Consul General: whether he will be received or not in that Character, before a Treaty of Commerce is made, I know not. i... 2 September 1785To William Wenman SewardSir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to Write me yesterday, and observe with pleasure your Friendly Sentiments towards my Country. Am... 2 September 1785To Isaac Smith Sr.Sir I Yesterday made a Visit to your old Friend Mr Boylston, and his Nephew at their Sugar House on Pauls Wharf, Upper Thames Street. They have a pre... 2 September 1785From William CarmichaelSir Since I had the honor to address you the 18th. Ulto. I have received an Answer from his Excy. the Ct. de Florida Blanca to the application I made... 4 September 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received three Letter of the Tenor and Date of the within— I cannot find in any Gazetteer or geographical Dictionary any Such Place a... 4 September 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen, I have recd. your letter of the 30th. of August, & will transmit your letter to the Treasury-board by Mr: Storer, who is to sail this week... 4 September 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir On receipt of your favors of Aug. 18. & 23. I conferred with mr̃ Barclay on the measures necessary to be taken to set our treaty with the py... 4 September 1785From William Wenman SewardSr: Permit me to return you my sincere thanks, for your obliging information in Answer to what I before took the liberty of Addressing to you.— it no... 4 September 1785From James WarrenDear Sir When I used to be in Company with the Prophets, & the Dreamers of Dreams, I could hardly realize, that I should ever have the Honour, & Plea... 4 September 1785From Mercy Otis WarrenSir The account of your sons arrival you will have from Himself.— the pleasure his Friends receive from his return you will not doubt, and in Every i... 5 September 1785From Thomas BarclayDear Sir The Bearer Lieut. Col: Franks waits upon You with some Dispatches from Mr. Jefferson on the subject of which I need Not say much, but as M. ... 5 September 1785From the Board of TreasurySir, Your Letter of the 2d. July last has been received by me in the absence of my Colleague Mr. Osgood, who has gone for a few days to Boston. I lai... 5 September 1785From Philip MazzeiDear Sir, The much esteemed favour you did me the honor to write me the 23d. ulto., by Mr. Smith, was delivered to me by our noble friend Mr. Jeffers... 5 September 1785From William ShortSir Your Letter of the 30th arrived here on Saturday so that tomorrow’s Post is the first by which it is possible to inclose what you desire— I had b... 5 September 1785From William Stephens SmithDr. Sir I did myself the honour of writing you from Harwich and Amsterdam— we have been very unfortunate as to roads & weather and were not able to r... 6 September 1785To John JayDr. Sir Yesterday I received the two Letters You did me the Honour to write me on the 3. of August. The Instructions shall be obeyed as soon as possi... 6 September 1785To Arthur LeeDear Sir I received Yesterday your Favour of 27. July. and wish it were in my Power to relieve your Anxiety by giving you any comfortable Hopes from ... 6 September 1785To Richard Henry LeeDear Sir I had Yesterday the Honour of receiving your Letter of the first of August, and I pray you to accept of my Thanks for your kind Attention an... 6 September 1785From John JayDear Sir My last to you was of the 26th: Ultimo, in which I mentioned the Dates of the Letters with which you had honored me, and the Receipt of whic... 8 September 1785To Jabez BowenSir, I have this day recd. the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 27th. of July, and, as I had recd. but a few days ago an instruction fr... 9 September 1785To William PacaSir, I recd. soon after my arrival in London the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 29th. of April, with the enclosed copy of a letter fr... 9 September 1785To Cotton TuftsDear Sir It gives me great Pleasure to see that good Men are so much in Fashion in the Massachusetts. Mr Bowdoin in the Chair, and Dr Tufts with such... 9 September 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur, Je satisfais aujourd’hui, Monsieur, à la demande que vous m’avez faite il y a quelque temps, touchant la probabilité de la consommation qui... 10 September 1785To John JebbDear Sir It is a Wise Maxim that Every Freeman ought to have some Profession Calling Trade or Farm, whereby he may honnestly subsist, but it by no me... Prussian-American Treaty of Amity and CommerceThe Hague, 10 September 1785. (PCC, No. 135, I, f. 286–320). PRINTED: Miller, Treaties, 2:162–184. (Adams Papers); APM Reel 111. The undated was do... 11 September 1785To C. W. F. Dumas and William ShortGentlemen, I have recd. from Mr: Jefferson a copy of his letter to you of the 1st. inst: & agree fully with him in sentiment that we should agree to ... 11 September 1785To Elbridge GerryDear Sir This Letter will be delivered you by my Friend Mr Storer by whom I may write more confidentially, than I usually do, even to you. I wish I h... 11 September 1785From William ShortSir My last informed you that I had not recieved a Letter from Mr Jefferson. Since that it has arrived.— A little before I had written to you the Sec... Treaty Negotiations with the Barbary States12 September – 11 October 1785 Editorial Note[view document]... 12 September 1785I. The American Commissioners’ Draft of Thomas Barclay’s Letter of Credence to the Emperor of Morocco The United States of America, heretofore connected in Government with Great Britain, have found it necessary for their Happiness to Seperate from her... 12 September 1785II. The American Commissioners’ Heads of Enquiry for Thomas Barclay in Negotiations with Morocco Heads of enquiry for Mr Barclay as to Morocco, Algiers, Tunis &c— 1 Commerce. What are the articles of their export & import? what articles of Americ... 12 September 1785III. The American Commissioners’ Draft Letter to Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen, We have the honor to inform you that we have recd. fm. the U: States of America, in Congress, full power & instructions to form treaties w... 12 September 178511 October 1785IV. The American Commissioners to William CarmichaelSir Mr. Barclay will deliver you this letter in his way to Morocco. We have appointed him to this negotiation in hopes of obtaining the friendship of... 15 September 1785V. The American Commissioners’ Draft Letter to the Comte de VergennesSir We do ourselves the Honour to acquaint your Excellency, that We have appointed Thomas Barclay Esq the Consul General of the United States in Fran... 1 October 178511 October 1785VI. Thomas Barclay’s Letter of Credence to the Emperor of Morocco The Congress of the United States of America after the conclusion of that war which established their freedom & independance, & after the cares which... 1 October 178511 October 1785VII. The American Commissioners’ Instructions to Thomas Barclay for Negotiations with Morocco Congress having been pleased to invest us with full powers for entering into treaty of Amity and Alliance with the Emperor of Morocco, and it being i... 1 October 178511 October 1785VIII. John Lamb’s Supplementary Instructions for Negotiations with Algiers We have received information that two American vessels, the Dauphin from Philadelphia & and the Maria from Boston with their Crews & Cargoes have lat... 1 October 178511 October 1785IX. The American Commissioners to the Comte de VergennesSir The friendly dispositions which his Majesty has been pleased to shew to the United States of America on every occasion, as well as the assurances... 5 October 178511 October 1785X. Thomas Barclay’s Commission to Negotiate with Morocco To all to whom these Presents shall come or, be may be made known. Whereas the United States of America in Congress Assembled, reposing special trust... 6 October 1785XI. To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentn. On the other Leaf of this Sheet you have Copy of a Resolution of Congress of fourtenth of Feby. last. You will please to hold this Money in re... 6 October 178511 October 1785XII. Thomas Barclay’s Letter of CreditSir The United States of America in Congress Assembled on the 14th day of Febry. last resolved, that the Ministers of the United States who are direc... 13 September 1785From John JebbDear Sir My delay in answering your obliging favour of the 21st. ult. has arisen partly from business, partly ill health. which have alternately prev... 13 September 1785From Christian LotterMay it please Your Excellency! Your Excellency’s most honoured of the 4th: hujus arrived too late to be of any Service to me, or time enough to restr... 15 September 1785To John JayDear Sir Having So good an Opportunity as this by Mr Charles Storer, I do myself the Honour to transmit to Congress, by him, the Ratification of the ... 15 September 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received your Letter of the fourth instant by Colonel Franks, with a Project of a Letter to the Emperor of Morocco, and Several other... 17 September 1785To Thomas BarclayDear Sir I allowed Mr. Thaxter only 4 years Salary vizt. from 13 Novr. 1779 to 13 Novr. 1783, three of which I paid him at £100 the other year is cha... 19 September 1785To William Stephens SmithDear Sir I have recd your Favours from Harwich, Amsterdam and Berlin, and congratulate you on your Reception by the King of Prussia. I Shall have muc... 19 September 1785From Thomas Jefferson {Lambe} is {arrived. he brings new full powers} to {us} from {Congress} to {appoint persons} to {negotiate with} the {Barbary states,} but {we} are t... 20 September 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen Yours of 13 is received. I did approve of Messrs Pullers paying the Account of Mr Baker, the Broker, amounting to £105. 13s: 6d st.— The Ac... 24 September 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received your favor of the 18th. inclosing your compliments on your presentation. the sentiments you therein expressed were such as w... 24 September 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir My letter of Sep. 19. written the morning after mr̃ Lamb’s arrival here, would inform you of that circumstance. I transmit you herewith copi... 25 September 1785To John JebbDear Sir I have read with pleasure your Letter of the 13th and although I cannot entirely agree with you, I find the difference between us is very Sm... 25 September 1785To John Jebb I am happy to find we agree in the opinion that the Principles of Morals and Politicks and religion are the same. with a certainty that we Should cea... 25 September 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The Bearer of this Letter Mr Thomas Boylston, is one of the clearest and most Solid Capitalists, that ever raised himself by private Commerc... 26 September 1785To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord The Duke of Dorset, in his Letter to the Ministers of the United States of America, dated at Paris the 26. March last, informed them, that ha... 26 September 1785From the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux Vous nous avez fait, notre cher ami, un veritable plaisir en nous donnant de vos nouvelles; nous avons Souvent prié M. Jefferson de vous faire parven... 27 September 1785From Philip MazzeiDear Sir, Permit me, Sir, to give you my sincere thanks for the Kind letter you have taken the trouble to write to Mr. Jefferson on my account. I hop... 30 September 1785Notice to Foreign Ministers on Mourning To Acquaint the Foreign Ministers of the Courts going into Mourning on Sunday next the 2d: of Octr. for His late Royal Highness The Infant Don Lewis ... 1 October 1785To Jonathan JacksonDear Sir— I am very much obliged to you for your Kind Letter, and to Mr Higginson for his and intend to answer both very particularly, but my time is... 2 October 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Coll Franks arrived Yesterday afternoon, with your Favour of Septr. 24.— I have Signed all the Papers as you Sent them, not perceiving any A... 3 October 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir You have undoubtedly hit upon, the true Word of the Riddle.— Yet there was no riddle, nor any clear meaning. it is impossible for any Countr... 4 October 1785To Stephen HigginsonSir Your judicious Letter of August the Eighth I have received and read with Pleasure. it was a great sattisfaction to me to find, that the represent... 4 October 1785From William GordonDear Sir Your two letters of Apr 27th & June 26th were duly received. The first at the President’s, Richd Henry Lee Esqr, where I had the pleasure of... 4 October 1785From Christian LotterMay it please Your Excellency! Seeing that the whole of mine endeavours either by Your Excely: or by those Gentlemen of Amsterdam, to Stay in the hot... 6 October 1785To Richard O’BryenSir your Letter addressed to the Consul of the United states was brought to me & as there was no Consul nor any other Person in any Public Character ... 6 October 1785From James WarrenDear Sir I wrote you very lately, & very largely, without any Interested views but what arise from the pleasure of Corresponding with a Man, whose Co... 10 October 1785From James SullivanDear Sir By the Ship which will sail in a day or two, I beg leave to inform you that our Situation in america is, by no means so pleasing as would be... 11 October 1785The American Commissioners to John JayDear Sir We have the Honour to transmit to Congress, by Mr Fitzhughs, the Treaty between the United States and the King of Prussia, Signed Seperately... 11 October 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Colo. Franks and mr̃ Randolph arrived last night. this enables me to send copies of all the Barbary papers to Congress by the mr̃ Fitzhughs,... 11 October 1785From the Baron von ThulemeierMonsieur, Le Roi m’ayant fait adresser la Ratification du Traité de Commerce & d’Amitié que j’ai eu l’avantage de négocier avec Vous, Monsieur, & Mes... 13 October 1785From Richard CranchDear Sir Your esteemed Favour of the 27th of April came safe to hand. As you had then but just heard of your Appointment to the Court of G: Britain, ... 14 October 1785From John JayDr: Sir Since the Date of my last to you which was the 6th: September last, I have been honored with yours of the 10th: & 26th: June, and 19th: & 29t... 15 October 1785To John JayDear Sir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me the 6. Septr. The Act of Congress of the 18 of August, which you inclose, Shall... 17 October 1785A Memorial to the Marquis of Carmarthen Concerning Richard Low The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary, from the United States of America, to his Britannic Majesty, has the honour to represent to the British Min... 17 October 1785To John JayDear Sir It has been the general Sense of our Country, Since the Peace, that it was their Duty and their Interest, to be impartial between the Powers... 18 October 1785From Tristram DaltonDear Sir Under date of the 21st July, I had the pleasure of addressing you; since when I am honored with your letter of April 26th. forwarded by your... 18 October 1785From Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We have the Honor of Your Excellency’s Letter of 6th: Instant, with an attested Copy of the Resolve of Congress of 15 February last, Appropriating a ... 20 October 1785The Marquis of Carmarthen’s Memorandum of a Conversation with John Adams Mr. A. began the conversation by recapitulating the complaints of the United States, on the subject of The Posts not being yet evacuated. and no sati... 21 October 1785To John JayDear Sir Yesterday, at Eleven O Clock, I went by Appointment to Lord Carmarthens Office, and was admitted to his Lordship as soon as he arrived from ... 22 October 1785From Richard Price Dr Price presents his respectful complimts: to Mr Adams, and conveys to him the inclosed policy— Should Mr Houdon happen not to have had the Small-po... 23 October 1785From Richard Henry LeeDear Sir, I received the letter that you did me the honor to write me on the 15th. of July with the pleasure that always accompanies the receipt of l... 23 October 1785From James SullivanDear Sir I had your favour of the 16th. of August Yesterday, and am exceeding glad that it came at this time because I am frequently applied to for m... 24 October 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Mr Preston arrived here, two days ago, but had lost his Letters, I hope he had none of Consequence. he dont remember he had any for me. He t... 24 October 1785To Edward NewenhamSir I have just received the Letter you did me the honour to write me, on the 16 of this Month. The Editors of News papers find that nothing contribu... 24 October 1785From Richard Henry LeeDear Sir Having yesterday written a long letter to you, I have now only to request your attention to the following business, which is of very great i... 24 October 1785From James SullivanDear Sir I beleive you will be tired of my correspondence not only from the length of my letters but from the Melancholly things I always tell you. S... 25 October 1785To John JayDear Sir The Crown of Great Britain has Sometimes, pledged its Prerogative to relax the Navigation Act, but the Parliament and Nation would not admit... 26 October 1785To Thomas BarclayDear Sir— I have received your Letter of the 13th with my accounts settled by yourself up to the first of August 1785, signed by you on the 10th of t... 27 October 1785To John JayDear Sir Yesterday at the Levee at St. James’s, the Marquis of Carmarthen came to me and told me, that he Should deliver those Papers I had communica... 29 October 1785From Philip MazzeiDear Sir, The Marquis de la Fayette is just returned from Germany, where he has been in the way of observing, that the many lies & exagerations, whic... 1 November 1785To C. W. F. DumasSir I have not written you Since you inclosed me a Letter for Mr Gardoqui from the Comte de Sanefe. I pray you to present that Nobleman with my Since... 1 November 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your Favour of the 18th. did not reach me, till last night.— I am glad the Dr has arrived Safe and in so good health, and would fain hope he... 1 November 1785From John JayDear Sir My last to you was of the 14th: Ult: by the Ship Betsey Capt. Thomas Watson—since that time, I have had the Pleasure of receiving and laying... 1 November 1785From John JayDear Sir I have the Honor of transmitting to you herewith enclosed an Act of Congress of the 13th: Ult: respecting british Claims and Encroachments o... 1 November 1785From John JayDear Sir The enclosed Letter from President Lee to you (of the Subject and Contents of which I am informed) will explain to you the Design of the Let... 2 November 1785From Rufus KingSir, A confidential intimacy with our common friend Mr. Gerry, with whom I have served during the last year has given me full information of the corr... 4 November 1785To John JayDear Sir Yesterday at the Ministers Levee, one of the foreign Ministers put into my hand a Leyden Gazette, in which I found announced to the Public, ... 4 November 1785To Thomas JeffersonDear sir Mr Preston has at last found and Sent me, your Letter. Dr Bancroft Spoke to me, about Commodore Jones’s Demand upon Denmark: but upon lookin... 4 November 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen I last Night received the letter you did me the Honour to write me the 28th of Octr I have the Honour now to inform you that I have not onl... 5 November 1785To John JayDear Sir The Chevalier De Pinto, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, from Portugal, after a long Absence by Leave of his Court, is late... 8 November 1785From Elbridge GerryMy dear sir Since my last of the 3d of August I am favoured with yours of the 26th of June, 6th of July, 26th of August & 11th of September, & am muc... 8 November 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst Referring Your Excellency to what we had the Honor to address you the 4th: Inst: We have now to acknowledge Receipt of Your Excellency’s esteemed Fav... 9 November 1785From Thomas BoylstonSir This address you from Paris. on my arrival my first care was, without loss of time to deliever your several favors— I then went immediately on bu... 10 November 1785To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen I have received your Favour of the 4th of this Month and am surprised to hear of the bad Condition of the Hotel, after all the great Expenc... 10 November 1785From Richard CranchDear Bror: I wrote you largely by Capt. Cushing who sail’d from hence about 3 Weeks ago. I therein take notice of the State of our Trade, its Embarra... 11 November 1785To John JayDear Sir There is no better Advice to be given to the Merchants of the United States, than to push their Commerce to the East Indies as fast and as f... 18 November 1785From Paul R. RandallSir I have not had the Honor of writing to you, since I have embarked in this Business, as you must have received Intelligence more satisfactory from... 18 November 1785From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir We acknowledge the Receit of Your Esteemed Favoúr of the 12th. Instt. advising ús your further acceptances of £100.–} ″100.–drawn by Mr. Barclay ... 19 November 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I wrote to you on the 11th. of Octob. by mr̃ Preston & again on the 18th. of the same month by post. since that yours of Sep. 25. by mr̃ Boy... 17 November 178520 November 1785From the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux Vos lettres, notre Cher ami, nous seront toujours fort agreables. nous aimons votre françois, vos Sentiments rendus dans Cette langue quelle qu’en So... 23 November 1785From Charles StorerDear Sir, ’Tis my duty to write you as well as my inclination— The first point I will not urge further than to assure you I am full sensible of it, a... 24 November 1785To John JayDear Sir I was Yesterday honoured, with your Letter of the 14th. of October, accompanied with the Gazettes and the Act of Congress of the 27. Septr. ... 24 November 1785To John JayDear sir I Should have added in my Letter of this day, that Shelbourne professes to be steady to the Principle, which he adopted at the Peace, and if... 24 November 1785From Thomas BarclayDear Sir I wrote you Yesterday advising My Bill on you to M Grand No. 6 for Two Hundred pounds Sterling— I shou’d have been before this time on the r... 24 November 1785From Cotton TuftsDear Sr. I have repeatedly forgot to mention to You That in Sepr. 1783. Dr. Holyoke then President of our Masstts. Medl Society recd. Your Letter dat... 26 November 1785From John JayDr: Sir Congress on Wednesday last made a House and chose Mr. Hancock President but he being absent they appointed Mr. Ramsay of South Carolina to fi... 26 November 1785From William WhiteSir I presume on the Circumstance of being not intirely unknown to your Excellency, to offer to you the inclosed Papers: knowing, that the President ... 27 November 1785From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favor of the 5th. came to hand yesterday, and Colo. Smith & Colo. Humphries (by whom you will receive one of the 19th. from me) being t... 28 November 1785From Charles van NottenSir I beg pardon for troubling You on a very disagrable Subject, but not being able to procure a sufficient Information in any other manner, I must r... 28 November 1785From Joseph PalmerDear Sir Your very friendly Lettr of the 26th August ’84, wou’d not have lain so long unnoticed, had not my embarrassments continued. When I wrote yo... 1 November 178528 November 1785From Nathaniel Barrettsir The generous Exertions of the Marquis de la fayette, having obtained prosals for introducing a Quantity of Oil into the Kingdom of France, free f... 29 November 1785To Charles van NottenSir I have received your Letter of Yesterday and I wish it were in my power to give you a Sattisfactory answer, and to remove all your apprehensions ... 29 November 1785From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur Je dois réponse aux honorées vôtres des 1er. & 10 du court. J’écris ce fois à Mr. Cerisier afin de savoir pourquoi l’insertion n’a pas encor... 30 November 1785A Memorial to the Marquis of Carmarthen on the Frontier Posts The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary, from the United States of America, has the Honour, to represent to the Ministry, of his Britannic Majesty, ... 30 November 1785From the Marquis of CarmarthenSir, The Commissioners for American Claims having notified to me, that, by Virtue of the Power given to them by the Act of Parliament now in force, t... Back Matter Appendix: List of Omitted Documents
