Various petitions from the commercial interest in Holland to the States-General; from certain fisheries; from the merchants of Amsterdam, praying indemnification for the loss occasioned by the delay of the convoy; from the merchants of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, trading to the Levant; from the proprietors of plantations in Surinam and Curaçao; from the East India Company, praying assistance.
Robert R. Livingston to John Adams. Philadelphia, October 23d, 1781,
Informing Mr Adams of his appointment as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.—Requests information.—Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
To the President of Congress. Amsterdam, October. 25th, 1781,
Placard of Holland against the pamphlet "To the People of the Low Countries."—Progress of democratical principles in Europe, caused by the American war.
To the President of Congress. Amsterdam, November 1st, 1781,
Debates in the States of Guelderland relative to an alliance with France and America.—The Baron Van der Cappellen in favor of acknowledging the independence of America.
Robert R. Livingston to John Adams. Philadelphia, November 20th, 1781,
Requesting information of the parties in Holland.—Has received indirect information that Mr Adams has presented his credentials to the States-General and printed his memorial.—Advises him to conduct as a private individual.
To the Duc de la Vauguyon, Ambassador of France at the Hague. Amsterdam, Nov. 24th, 1781,