Receives visits from gentlemen from Holland, who desire information relative to the rumored treaty between Amsterdam and the United States.
To the President of Congress. The Hague, May 21st, 1780,
Dissatisfaction of the northern powers with the conduct of England.—Address of Amsterdam to the States.—Claim of M. Van der Perre to a ship captured by Commodore Jones.
John Adams to C. W. F. Dumas. Paris, June 6th, 1780,
Relative to a certain letter of General Clinton, suspected of being a forgery.—Duplicity of the British agents in America.
Protest of the City of Amsterdam. Extracted from the Resolutions of the Council of that City of the 29th of June, 1780, and inserted in the Acts of the Provincial Assembly of Holland, at the Hague, July 1st, 1780,
Urging a connexion with the neutral powers.
James Lovell to C. W. F. Dumas. Philadelphia, July 10th, 1780,
Services of M. Dumas.—Introduces Mr Searle.