Espagne, 1779 479 
d'Espinouse at Cadiz (ff. 9, £9, 62, 78, 148, 270); 
at Vigo (f . 290) . 
Aims of Spain with regard to Florida (f . 253) . 
Aid furnished French colonies by Spain (f . 312) . 
Important Documents 
Mar. 16. Weymouth to Grantham (extract), on 
Spanish mediation between France and Britain (ff. 72-77). 
Mar. Montmorin, observations on Spanish navy 
(ff . 168-176) . 
Apr. 22. Hartley to Franklin, proposal of an 
armistice, maintaining status quo ; France would derive no 
advantage from opposing such a settlement (ff . 300-307) . 
Apr. 23. Hartley to Franklin, Lord North's 
consent to Hartley's proposals directed at obtaining over- 
tures from Franklin for peaceful settlement; bases of ne- 
gotiation: truce, suspension of Parliamentary acts concerning 
America, revocation of foreign treaties (ff. 310-311). 
Printed Material 
Gazeta de Madrid , Mar. 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 1779 (ff. 3, 23, 
43, 54, 66) . 
[Printed in Doniol: Vergennes to Montmorin, Mar. 5, 
8, 19 (3 letters), Apr. 12 (2 letters), 20, 23, 29 (2 let- 
ters), nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 28 (III, 732n. ; 
668-669; 670-672; 691-695; 747n. ; 801-803; 753n. ; 787n. ; 
762n.; 763-764, 767-769; 764-765); Montmorin to Vergennes, 
Mar. 29 (2 letters), 30, Apr. 13 (2 letters), nos. 23, 24, 
25, 31, 34 (III, 751, 798-799; 750n. , 799-800; 754-755; 755- 
759; 761n.); Vergennes to Floridablanca, Mar. 18, 19, Apr. 29 
(III, 741-742; 696-700; 764n.); Floridablanca to Vergennes, 
Mar. 29, Apr. 2 (III, 749-750n. ; 751-752); Floridablanca to 
Almodovar, Apr. 3 (III, 801).] 
594 (1779, May-July) 
Correspondence of Almodovar, Aranda, Bancroft, Bessiere, 
Breteuil, Castejon, Catherine II, Charles III, Floridablanca, 
Gerard, Hartley, La Haye, La Tournelle, Louis XVI, Montbarey, 
Montmorin, Necker, d'Orvilliers , Rayneval, Sartine, Vergennes, 
Weymouth 
Subjects Treated 
Attitude of France and Spain towards U.S.; activities 
of Gerard in Philadelphia; question of Florida and Missis- 
sippi; British objections to Spanish proposals for peace; 
English offers to Americans; Hartley's proposals to Franklin; 
choice of American agent to Spain; Montmorin 's attempts to 
secure him reception at Madrid; divisions in American con- 
gress; proposed diversion in Florida; sending of American 
agent to Ireland; British agents sent to America; congres- 
sional commission to A. Lee to reside in Spain; Spanish 
reception of American war vessels; joint Franco-Spanish 
operations in western America; admission of American vessels 
