Relative to Mr Hartley's propositions.
Receives his credentials.—Presented to the King.—American prisoners in France released.—Captain Jones's squadron.—Exchange of prisoners with England.—American prisoners there committed for high treason.—Necker unfavorably disposed towards America.—Accounts of the Commissioners.—Difficulty of raising a loan.—Charges of William Lee and Ralph Izard.—Recommends the appointment of consuls.—Agents and applications of the separate States.—Barbary Powers.—Disposition of the French.—Preparations of Spain.—Preparations in France.—Opinion of the Howes, Cornwallis, &c. of the impracticability of the conquest of America.
Currency.—Charges of Mr Lee and Mr Izard.—Communication between Europe and America.—M. de la Luzerne.
Enclosing a resolve relative to Beaumarchais's accounts.
Burning of Fairfield.—Compensation of Ministers.—Forwards letters to the King of France.—Invoices of supplies desired.
Proposing the mutual guaranty of the fisheries by France and the United States.
Forwarding him a sword, in the name of the Congress.
Acknowledging the reception of the sword.
Supplies.—Receives nothing himself.
Devices on coins.