Enclosing certain financial resolutions of Congress.—Recommends the use of English language by the American Ministers.—M. Dumas.
To Robert R. Livingston. The Hague, September 17th, 1782,
Conference with the Secretary of the States-General for correcting the treaty of commerce.—Conversation with the French Ambassador on the Dutch naval forces.
Extracts from the Records of the Resolutions of their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands,
Authorising the Deputies for Foreign Affairs to conclude and sign the treaty of commerce, and the convention on the subject of recaptures, with Mr Adams.
To Robert R. Livingston. The Hague, September 17th, 1782,
Probability of the continuance of the armed neutrality.—The acknowledgment of American Independence is not a violation of its principles.—Jealousies of some powers against the House of Bourbon.
To Robert R. Livingston. The Hague, September 23d, 1782,
Conversation with the Spanish Minister.—English, Dutch, Spanish, and American Ministers at Paris, without any appearance of a sincere desire to treat on the part of England.—Visit to the Duc de la Vauguyon.—The Duke instructed to propose the concert of the Dutch naval forces with the French, in intercepting the English West India fleet.