[30] See above, p. 296.
[31] This letter was written in answer to one from Dr Franklin, requesting Mr Burke to negotiate an exchange of Henry Laurens, when in the Tower, for General Burgoyne. Mr Laurens was at the time under some mistake in regard to this subject, as he supposed, that Mr Burke first applied to Dr Franklin to effect such an exchange, and imagined that Dr Franklin neglected him; whereas he took the most prompt and efficient means in his power to procure Mr Laurens's release. See Henry Laurens's letter, dated May 30th, 1782, Vol. II. p. 463.
[32] See Deane's Correspondence, Vol. 1, p. 217.
[33] The Spaniards.
[34] Mr Forth was a secret agent sent over to France by the British Ministry, to propose a separate treaty with the French Court.
[35] See above, p. 362.
[36] See the letter to Mr Livingston, p. 368, the letter to Mr Morris is missing.
[37] See above, p. 373.
[38] Dr Franklin's Journal closes here. His ill slate of health seems to have been the cause of his discontinuing it. The narrative of the negotiation is kept up, however, in the letters of Dr Franklin, Mr Jay, Mr Adams, and Mr Laurens.