cure their
American possessions against the United States.--Meaning
of the mutual guarantee between Spain and the United
States, of their possessions.

To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, May 30th, 1783, 226

Proposes Mr Adams as the most suitable Minister to Great
Britain.

To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, June 1st, 1783, 227

Progress of the negotiations.--Settlement of his
accounts.

To Robert R. Livingston. Passy, July 20th, 1783, 229

Reasons for resigning his commission to the Spanish
Court.

To the President of Congress. New York, July 25th, 1784, 230

Explains the manner in which some bills drawn on him
were twice paid.--British and American ratifications of
the treaty of peace exchanged.

FRANCIS DANA'S CORRESPONDENCE.

To the President of Congress. Paris, August 10th, 1780, 239

Forwarding certain papers.

To the President of Congress. Paris, August 24th, 1780, 240

Forwarding letters of Mr Adams, who is absent in the Low
Countries.

To the President of Congress. Amsterdam, September 20th,
1780, 241

Receives despatches from Congress by Mr Searle, and sets
off in consequence for the Low Countries.--Suspicions
entertained in Holland, that the United States have
granted exclusive privileges in commerce to France.

Commission to Francis Dana, referred to in the preceding
letter, 243

Empowering him to obtain a loan in Holland, in case Mr
Adams should be prevented from attending to it.

To Jonathan Jackson. Amsterdam, November 11th, 1780, 244

Capture and confinement of Mr Laurens.--Intemperate
Memorial of Sir J. Yorke on the discovery of a plan of a
treaty, drawn up by Mr W. Lee and the Regency of
Amsterdam.--Naval forces of Holland.

Instructions to Francis Dana, as Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Court of St Petersburg. In Congress, December 19th,
1780, 247

To the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Paris, February 16th,
1781, 252