402 Espagne, 1776 
May 3. No. 20, Portugal will not go to war 
while England is occupied with her American colonies; 
French naval manoeuvres; combined naval operations (ff. 179- 
180). 
May 14. No. 22, opportunity for termination of 
Spanish-Portuguese dispute; danger to Bourbon colonies in 
revolt of English America; combined action to be taken; 
French policy towards England; observations on evacuation of 
Boston (ff. 228-230). [Doniol, I, 427-430, 465-466, 471.] 
June 7. No. 27, sends letter from Sartine on 
Franco-Spanish colonial trade (ff. 355-357). 
June 14. No. 29, results that would follow from 
sending reinforcements to islands; news from America; France 
should allow full British involvement in civil war, reserving 
her own forces to be employed at right time and place (ff. 
388-389). [Doniol, I, 437-438.] 
June 14, 29. Nos. 30, 34, on boundaries in Santo 
Domingo (ff. 390, 465-466). 
June 29. No. 32, supposed advantages of trade 
between French islands and Spanish colonies (ff. 455-461). 
June 29. No. 33, necessity of Pacte de Famille; 
French policy towards Spain (f. 462). [Doniol, I, 439-444.] 
June 29. Confidential, begs Ossun to use all 
efforts to implement policy he has chosen (f. 468). [Doniol, 
I, 444-445.] 
From Ossun 
Apr. 1. No. 25, Spanish offer of facilities to 
French agents desirous of passing through La. to British 
colonies; use of La. as base of supplies for insurgents 
(ff. 5-10). [Doniol, I, 341-343.] 
Apr. 8. Naval manoeuvres; will use good offices 
on behalf of Le Bretton and Macnamara (ff. 60-61). 
Apr. 11. No. 27, on Franco-Spanish colonial 
trade (ff . 74-76) . 
Apr. 25. No. 30, Spain should profit from Brit- 
ain^ involvement in America (ff . 135-142) . [Doniol, I, 
421-422.] 
Apr. 25. No. 31, British forces in America and 
threat to Spanish and French colonies; Spanish viewpoint 
(ff. 143-148). [Doniol, I, 422-423.] 
May 6. No. 34, boundaries in Santo Domingo; 
Macnamara granted desired authorization (ff. 182-185). 
May 6. No. 35, Spanish approval of reasons which 
prevent execution of plan to send agents into English colo- 
nies by way of La. (ff. 190-193). [Doniol, I, 348-349.] 
May 9. No. 36, conditions imposed by Spain upon 
Franco-Spanish colonial trade; tobacco culture in La. ; duty 
on animals exported from Spanish colonies (ff . 203-206) ; 
enclosing: Grimaldi to Ossun, May 6, on conditions for 
Franco-Spanish colonial trade (ff . 186-187) ; Spanish text 
of same enclosure (ff. 188-189). 
June 10, 13, 27. Nos. 47, 49, 56, on boundaries 
in Santo Domingo (ff. 370-372, 384-385, 452-454). 
June 17. No. 50, situation in Martinique due 
to interruption of trade with English colonies; boundaries 
