532 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



To . [1782. July.] ? 



Le Ray de Chaumont's agreement respecting the final settlement 

 of their accounts and indebtedness to each other and accepting the de- 

 cision of M. [Ferdinand] Grand as arbitrator of their differences. D. 



2 p. (In French.) LVI(i), 50. 



From Benjamin Franklin and John Jay to Whom it May Concern. 



1782. October i. 



Appointing William Temple Franklin as Secretary of their Com- 

 mission to draw up and conclude peace with Great Britain. This ap- 

 pointment was approved of by Henry Laurens and John Adams, the 

 other members of the Commission, who were then absent. A. L. S. 



3 p. (Copy.) LV, 9. 



To . 1782. November 3. Passy. 



Returns the essays submitted; was pleased to see the progress made 

 by the author in a style different from his. A. Dr. of L. i p. (In 

 French.) XLV, 161. 



Provisional Articles between the United States of America and His 

 Britannic Majesty. 1782. November 30. 



With separate article. D. S. John Jay, Henry Laurens, Richard 

 Oswald, John Adams and B[enjamin] Franklin. 10 p. (Press copy. 

 Attested. In duplicate.) LV, 11 and 12. 



Printed in Treaties and Conventions between the United States and other 

 Powers, Washington, 1873, 309. 



From The American Commissioners to Robert Livingston, Secretary 

 for Foreign Affairs. 1782. December 14. Paris. 



Congratulate Congress on the signature of the preliminaries between 

 Great Britain and the United States, to be inserted in a definitive treaty 

 as soon as the terms between France and Great Britain shall be agreed 

 on. Remarks on Articles 2, 4, 5, and 6 of the preliminaries. L. S. 

 John Adams et al. 4 p. (Press copy.) LV, 13. 



Printed in Diplom. Corres. of Am. Rev., Wharton, VI, 131. 



