Letters from Benjamin Franklin 537 



Frotn [The American Commissioners?] to Prince Bariatinskoy and 



Mr. De Markoff, Ministers Plenipotentiary from Her Majesty, 



the Empress of all the Russias. 1783. July. Passy. 



The Empress of Russia and the Emperor of Germany desiring to 

 put a stop to the calamities of war, offered their mediations to the 

 belligerent powers, and as they were informed by Comte de Vergennes 

 that the Kings of France and England have accepted the mediations 

 of their Imperial Majesties in the Definitive Treaty of Peace about to 

 be concluded between these two powers, they are ready to accept, in be- 

 half of the United States of America, the mediations of their Imperial 

 Majesties in the Definitive Treaty of Peace to be concluded between 

 Great Britain and the United States. L. 2 p. LV, 48a. 



Ratification of the Provisional Articles of the Treaty of Peace on 

 the part of His Britannic Majesty. 1783. August 6. St. James's. 



D. S. 3 p. (Press copy. Attested.) LV, 58. 



Printed in Diplom. Corres. of Am. Rev., Wharton, VI, 631. 



To Marquis de Vaudreuil. 1783. October 19. 



Acknowledges the receipt of the memoirs and promises to com- 

 municate them to Congress who doubtless will respect his recommenda- 

 tion of a Consul at the Cape. A. N. i p. LVIII, 73. 



To [Jean Charles Pierre] Lenoir. 1783. October 31. Passy. 



Mme. [John] Jay and himself grateful for what has been done to 

 carry out their intentions with regard to Abigail. Mme. Jay approves 

 the allowance made for her slave's sustenance and will pay all expenses 

 incurred by the latter's imprisonment. Would like to know where she 

 is detained in order to send some one to reason with her. If not suc- 

 cessful in doing so will send Abigail back to her native country at 

 the first opportunity. Dr. of L. 2 p. (In French.) XLV, 171. 



To William Hodgson. 1783. December 10. Passy. 



Having represented to the Congress the service rendered to the Amer- 

 ican prisoners by the Rev. Mr. Wren, he now takes the pleasure of 

 transmitting their thanks, together with a diploma from the College at 

 Princeton, which he begs him to forward. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 172. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, IX, 124). 



