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supplies there (f. 259); hiring of Hessian mercenary- 
troops (f . 341) ; arrival of General Burgoyne in England 
(f. 347). 
Newfoundland fisheries, St. Pierre and Miquelon 
(ff. 3, 10, 21, 28, 59, 91, 161, 230, 317, 364). 
Beaumarchais' mission in England (f. 5). 
Loss of French vessel at Cape Sable (ff. 32, 35). 
Miscellaneous Documents 
Nov. 25. Continental Congress, report of 
committee on rules for naval warfare (ff. 25-26) [printed: 
Journals , III, 371-375]. 
Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 21, 22. Votes of the 
House of Commons (ff. 103, 105, 108, 110, 113, 127, 327). 
Dec. 6. Continental Congress, resolution in 
reply to George Ill's proclamation of Aug. 23, 1775 (ff. 
73-76) [printed: Journals , III, 409-412]. 
Dec. Extract of act of British Parliament, 
ordering confiscation of American colonial vessels, and 
of vessels trading with colonies; together with additional 
extract of act passed during session of 1776-1777 author- 
izing grant of letters of marque to privateers after 
Feb. 20, 1777 (ff. 369-370). 
Dec. Rodney to Germain, translation of letter 
on principles of American independence; contraband trade 
of Americans with French, Dutch, and Danish islands; 
methods of preventing this trade; difficulty of reducing 
it (ff. 372-377). 
1775. British Parliament, A Bill Intitled An Act to 
prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies . . . 
during the Continuance of the present Rebellion . . . ; for 
repealing an Act Made in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign 
of His present Ma.jesty . ." [ff. 177-192). 
"T^775. State of Canadian trade during 1775 (f. 368). 
[Doniol prints: De Guines to Vergennes, Nov. 24 
(I, 193, 221-225); Vergennes to De Guines, Dec. 3 (I, 208- 
209, 225-227); Beaumarchais to Vergennes, Nov. 24 (I, 251). 
Extracts from De Guines to Vergennes, Dec. 1 (I, 235-236); 
Vergennes to De Guines, Dec. 31 (I, 194-195).] 
514 (1776, Jan. -Feb. ) 
Correspondence of d'Anglemont, Bayard-Jackson and Co. , 
Beaumarchais, Fitzherbert, Gamier, Greville, De Guines, 
Hillsborough, Jenyns, Northey, Pallisser, Sartine, Stormont, 
Earl of Suffolk, Vergennes, Weymouth 
Subjects Treated 
Attitude of France towards England's insurgent colo- 
nies in America (ff. 49, 66, 225, 250); prohibition upon 
shipment of war supplies from French ports to colonies in 
American or other vessels (ff. 7-9); Bonvouloir's mission 
in America (f. 348). 
Insurrection in England's American colonies: insurgent 
