[14] March 7th, 1783. "Resolved, that the salaries of the Ministers and other officers of the United States in Europe be estimated in future in dollars, at the rate of four shillings and sixpence sterling per dollar.
"That they be paid in bills of exchange upon France or Holland, at the rate of five livres five sous turnois per dollar, without regard to the variations, which may be occasioned by the course of exchange."
[15] The original of this singular paper is not preserved, and the translation is here given, as found in Dr Franklin's public correspondence.
[16] The Court of Denmark. See the letter referred to, p. 74 of this volume.
[17] See the Proposition about privateering, p. 67 of this volume.
[18] See the Swedish Ambassador's letter, p. 112.
[19] See p. 112.
[20] See M. de Rosencrone's letter, and the other papers here mentioned, p. 115 et seqq.
[21] See p. 96.
[22] See above, p. 95.