Instructions for a cruise in the Ranger.
From the Committee of Foreign Affairs to the Commissioners. York, 21st January, 1778,
Military operations.
To the President of Congress. Passy, February 8th, 1778,
Treaties with France signed.—Secret clause in respect to Spain.
To the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Passy, February 16th, 1778,
Remit treaties with France.—Intimations from Holland.—English agents at Paris endeavor to get propositions from the Commissioners as the basis of a treaty.—Alarm in England.—Mansfield proposes a coalition to Camden.
To the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Passy, February 28th, 1778,
Lord North's plan of conciliation.—Its insidious character.—Advise the occupation of the Bermudas; and reduction of English fishing ports in and near Newfoundland.
From the Committee of Foreign Affairs to William Bingham. York, March 2d, 1778,