Angleterre, 1780-1781 215 
Nov. Hamilton, memoir on military activities 
French should undertake, attack of New York, Halifax, and 
Savannah, seizure of all vessels of East India Co., etc. 
(ff . 331-342) . 
1780. Hamilton, memoir on advantage to be obtained 
by sending thirty ships-of-the-line to West Indies, and 
measures to prevent English from profiting from enfeeble- 
ment of French fleet in Europe to provision Gibraltar 
(ff. 384-389). 
[Printed: Stormont to Vergennes, Sept. 10, Doniol, 
IV, 502-503n.] 
554 (1781) 
Correspondence of d'Aubarede, Baxon, Baudouin, Ber- 
trand, Bonne de Regnauvalle, Calonne, Castries, Croy, 
Dumouriez, Dupont, Genet, Hamilton, Herries, Maurville, 
Neville, Saint Martin, Servieres, Thurne [alias Lerchen- 
berg] , Vergennes 
Subjects Treated 
Franco-American relations: rumored correspondence 
between Stormont and Necker, unfavorable to U.S. (ff. 82, 
92-94, 101, 103-105, 126, 130, 143, 210); arrival at 
Cherbourg of Captain Angus of Philadelphia, commanding 
Franklin , news he brings (ff. 361, 378); English opinion 
of Franco-American relations (f . 381) ; request of Daniel 
Astruc for loan of French ship for one or two voyages to 
America (f . 394) . 
Events in U.S.: operations of French naval division 
of Rhode Island (f . 47) ; combat between French fleet and 
Admiral Graves in Chesapeake Bay (ff. 283-284, 304); un- 
certainty of news of military operations contained in 
English press (f . 369) ; attitude of Americans towards 
England (f . 390) ; criticism of operations of Cornwallis. 
British armaments and naval forces (ff. 17, 33, 38, 
44, 49, 383) . 
Intrigue of Hussey (ff. 299, 306, 307). 
d'Aubarede 's offer of his services in sounding out 
dispositions of various courts for peace or for war 
(ff . 36, 50) . 
British naval forces in North America (f . 38) . 
Operations of De Grasse's squadron (ff. 52, 109, 111, 
118, 120) . 
Secret negotiation between Cumberland and Florida- 
blanca (ff. 80, 85, 176, 207). 
La Motte-Piquet ' s capture of convoy from St. Eustatia 
(f . 88) . 
Negotiation between Hutton and Franklin (f . 95) . 
Dupont' s officious proposals to Hutton (ff. 95, 102, 
181, 254. 270, 289, 354, 360, 366, 367, 376, 386, 395, 397, 
398, 400). 
Printing of work of philosophical and patriotic re- 
flections on war with Great Britain (f . 141) . 
Anglo-French exchange of prisoners (ff. 205, 206, 231) 
