Resolved, That the appointment of no Secretary to any of the Northern Courts in future, shall exceed a thousand dollars per annum, and that the appointments of a Secretary to the Embassy in France, Spain and Holland, shall in future be twelve hundred dollars, excepting such Secretaries have been heretofore appointed.
Resolved, That the salary of a Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, from the 1st day of January next, shall not exceed five thousand dollars, or that of a Resident three thousand, but that an allowance be made for household expenses, at and after the following manner;
To the Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles,
To the Minister in Spain,
To the Resident in the United Provinces, (a Minister being unnecessary,)
To the Resident at the Court of Petersburg, and each of the other Northern Courts.
CHARLES THOMSON TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON.
May 9th, 1782.
Sir,
The United States in Congress assembled, having appointed Monday, the 13th instant, at twelve o'clock, for giving a public audience to the Minister of France, and having resolved, that a place be assigned to the principals in the three Executive Departments under Congress,