THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

VOL. II.

BEING
THE LETTERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SILAS DEANE, JOHN ADAMS,
JOHN JAY, ARTHUR LEE, WILLIAM LEE, RALPH IZARD, FRANCIS
DANA, WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, HENRY LAURENS, JOHN LAURENS,
M. DE LAFAYETTE, M. DUMAS, AND OTHERS, CONCERNING
THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES DURING THE WHOLE REVOLUTION;

TOGETHER WITH
THE LETTERS IN REPLY FROM THESECRET COMMITTEE OF
CONGRESS, AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

ALSO,
THE ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FRENCH MINISTERS,
GERARD AND LUZERNE, WITH CONGRESS.

Published under the Direction of the President of the United States,
from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably
to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818.

EDITED
BY JARED SPARKS.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:
NATHAN HALE AND GRAY & BOWEN.
G. & C. & H. CARVILL, NEW YORK.

1829.

HALE’S STEAM PRESS.
No. 6 Suffolk Buildings, Congress Street, Boston.[Pg v]

CONTENTS
OF THE
SECOND VOLUME.