[37] Dr Franklin expresses this opinion very strongly on several occasions; and after he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, with the duties of commercial agent attached to his office, he repeatedly solicited Congress to separate these duties, and to leave him in charge only of those branches of business, which pertained to him in the character of Minister. See Franklin's Correspondence, Vol. III. pp. 90, 108, 119, 131.
[38] The capture of Burgoyne was the immediate cause of the treaty of alliance between France and the United States.
[39] This alludes to a clause in the 10th Article of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and the United States.
[40] See a letter from Paul Jones on this subject in the Commissioners' Correspondence, Vol. I. p. 399.
[41] See the proceedings of Congress on Foreign Affairs, October 22d, 1778, in the Secret Journals, Vol. II. p. 107.
[42] Dissolving the commission in Paris, and appointing Dr Franklin Minister Plenipotentiary.
[43] See the statement here referred to, in a letter dated May 21st, 1778, p. 245, of the present volume.
[44] These letters relate to Silas Deane and Arthur Lee, and may be found in Arthur Lee's Correspondence, Vol. II, pp. 224, 227.
[45] See this letter in Arthur Lee's Correspondence, Vol. II. p. 224.
[46] See as above, p. 249.