582 Etats-Unis, 1780 
Subjects Treated 
Mission of La Luzerne in Philadelphia; reports by- 
La Luzerne and Marbois, instructions from Vergennes; letters 
of La Luzerne to Sartine; exchange rates in Philadelphia; 
military and naval operations in U.S.; American finances: 
loans and subsidies, taxes, currency; public opinion in 
America; indifference to independence in south; proposed 
Franco-American attack upon Canada; Spanish policy towards 
U.S.; Franco-American plans of campaign; strength of Con- 
tinental Army; supplies for French and American forces; 
services of Lafayette; Searle's mission to France; mission 
of J. Laurens to France; Massachusetts constitution; re- 
lations of states with Congress and among themselves; in- 
ertia in Pennsylvania; resolutions of Congress; arrival of 
French fleet; military ciphers; reception accorded French 
expeditionary force in U.S.; British propaganda in America; 
reception of J. Adams in France; congressional drafts on 
agents abroad; supplies for French West Indian islands; 
demands of Continental Army on Congress; return of Izard 
to Philadelphia; question of long truce; U.S. attitude 
towards French alliance; congressional determination to 
leave Philadelphia; Vergennes' opinion of J. Adams; death 
of Miralles, appointment of Gardoqui to replace him; U.S.- 
Spanish boundaries in west; Mississippi navigation; neutral 
league; mission of Cumberland to Madrid; U.S. militia units; 
mission of Meyer to Rochambeau; epidemic among Hessian 
troops in America; negotiations of John Jay in Spain; Ameri- 
can celebration of feast day of Louis XVI; discussion of 
Anglo-American reconciliation; Lee-Deane affair.; attack 
upon Franklin in Congress; new instructions for Jay in 
Spain; death of Kalb; property claimed by Melfort; suppres- 
sion of two articles of Franco-American treaty of commerce; 
confederation; Marbois appointed French charge in Phila- 
delphia; La Luzerne's visit to French army headquarters; 
demotion of Landais; affairs of Vermont; congressional 
administration and politics; western lands; attack upon 
Florida (ff. 3, 5, 8, 11, 20, 35, 52, 56, 58, 68, 74, 124, 
126, 128, 145, 154, 165, 173, 174, 178, 180, 192, 194, 198, 
206, 208, 209, 212, 213, 217, 223, 224, 228, 231, 232, 235, 
243, 249, 257, 258, 259, 277, 290, 295, 303, 304, 315, 316, 
321, 322, 326, 338, 339, 344, 348, 363, 364, 365, 379, 391, 
396, 399, 402, 404, 405, 424, 425, 430, 452, 457, 468, 470, 
476. 477, 483, 485, 487, 491, 515, 534, 537, 545, 551, 560, 
561) . 
Mission of J. Adams in Paris; his relations with Ver- 
gennes; discussion with Vergennes and Franklin of financial 
operations of Congress; Adams' powers to treat of peace and 
commerce with Britain; his attempts to influence French 
policy; dissatisfaction of Vergennes with Adams; reference 
of correspondence to Congress (ff • 4, 7, 32, 34, 42, 84, 
92, 110, 119, 153, 167, 176, 179, 191, 249). 
Transmission of letters to and from America (ff . 10, 
40, 458, 460, 484, 509) . 
Activities of American privateers; prizes in French 
ports; action taken by Franklin and French government in 
their regard; French ransom of American vessels; French 
regulations for control of privateers (ff. 15, 27, 30, 38, 
