[176] To Dumas, May 6, 1786. Ibid., V, 309.
[177] To John Jay, May 4, 1787. Memorial Edition, VI, 119.
[178] To Carmichael, May 27, 1788. Memorial Edition, VII, 27.
[179] To Count Hagendorf, October 13, 1785. Memorial Edition, V, 181.
[180] November 12, 1785. Memorial Edition, V, 202.
[181] December 21, 1787, Memorial Edition, VI, 396; see also letter to John Jay, May 4, 1787. Ibid., VI, 122.
[182] See "Les Amitiés Françaises de Madame d'Houdetot." Paris, 1925.
[183] To Mrs. Trist. Paris, August 18, 1785. "Domestic Life", p. 79.
[184] To James Monroe, April 15, 1785. Ford, IV, 59.
[185] To Abigail Adams, June 21, 1785. Ibid., IV, 59.