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180 (1779-1781). Sept. 14, 1779. News of Count D’Estaing, brought by 
American vessel from Carolina in 32 days. 
Oct. 12, 1779. Plans of Washington against New York. 
Dec. 21, 1779. Americans and French in Georgia. 
Dec. 28, 1779; Jan. 4, Feb. 16, 1780. Capture of Pensacola. 
Feb. 1, 1780. Arrival of Jay. 
Feb. 29, 1780. Jay’s secretary and Gerard in Madrid. 
Apr. 11, 1780. Jay in Madrid, and his negotiations. 
Aug. 29, 1780. Jay and the recognition of American Independence by 
Spain. 
Sept. 19, 1780. News from Newport by American packet boat to Bilbao. 
Nov. 21, 1780. On the archives of the embassy in Madrid. 
There is also much on the question of neutral rights, on the armed neutrality, 
on naval affairs, on the Cumberland mission to Madrid, and many documents. 
The series of correspondence with other countries did not seem likely to 
contain anything of significance, but it is possible that there may be something 
in that of Holland, which consists of 53 iilze, running 1-38 (including 4 bis), 
1610, 1616-1643, 1668-1669, and another series, 1 - 14 , 1709-1745. Unfortu¬ 
nately these lacunae occur where American material would be most likely 
to exist. 
RUBRICHE. 
These belonged to the Collegio, but are now inventoried with the dispacci. 
They consist of analyses of documents, chiefly dispatches of ambassadors for 
the use of the Collegio. The series is practically complete, and is therefore 
useful in supplying lacunae in the series of dispacci, but would scarcely be 
used for the periods for which the latter exist. 
AWT SI. 
This series belonged to the Inquisitors, and is referred to as Inquisit-awisi. 
880 volumes are noted, extending from 1525 to 1797. The series is not well 
ordered, and was disappointing considering the abundance of news reaching 
Rome and other places by way of Venice. This may have been due, however, 
to the slight attention which could be given it. There is no inventory, and 
bundles are called for by the name of the country, which means that from 
which the news came, and the year. Calling for England, 1630, I received a 
volume covering the years 1657 to 1703, in which the only American news was 
of an ambassador from Florida, whose coming to England was delayed by 
shipwreck, Dec. 28, 1657. This document was in triplicate. Doubtless news 
from France and Spain would be better ordered, but the character of such 
material has already been commented upon, and no more time could be spared 
for it. 
It is hard to conceive of American material in the other series, though, of 
course, scattered items may exist. It is perhaps proper to mention the Chiavi 
di Cifre, referred to as Cifre, chiavi, many of which exist for the sixteenth, 
seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The Esposizioni Principi, belonging 
to the Collegio, of which there are 307 numbers, might seem likely to contain 
something, being audiences with foreign ambassadors, but actually they are 
so formal in character as to render mention of America most improbable. 
