Etats-Unis, 1783 611 
Other Material 
Sept. 24. B. Franklin, draft of Franco-American 
consular convention (ff. 231-237). 
Oct. 1. Puchelberg, memoir on supplies furnished 
U.S. by Schweighauser of Nantes (ff . 3-4) . 
Oct. 9. Paulze, memoir on Lorient as free port 
(ff . 24-30) . 
Oct. 27. Extracts from newspapers of Antigua 
and Philadelphia (ff . 54-57) . 
Nov. 2. G. Washington, farewell to Continental 
Army (ff . 85-88) . 
Nov. 20. Vergennes, memoir on arrangements to 
be made in favor of American commerce (ff . 131-132) . 
Nov. 28. Address of assembly of Jamaica to 
Governor Campbell (ff . 146-147) . 
Nov. 29. Petition addressed to Virginia assembly 
requesting formation of new state west of Alleghanies (ff . 
148-150) . 
Dec. 4. Resolution of Virginia concerning trade 
with Britain (f. 161). 
Dec. 8. La Luzerne, draft of regulations to 
govern U.S. trade with French islands in America (ff. 175- 
176, 179-183) . 
Dec. 23. G. Washington, address to Congress 
on resignation of his commission (ff . 213-215) . 
Dec. 24. Act of New Jersey assembly (f. 219). 
Dec. 30. Resolutions adopted at Hartford con- 
cerning British ports closed to U.S. (ff. 259-260). 
Subjects Treated 
La Luzerne, letters and enclosures to Vergennes con- 
cerning mission in Philadelphia; U.S. finances: debts, 
credits, exchange rates, loans, subsidies; political situ- 
ation in America; state opinion of Congress; ideas on U.S. 
federal government; weakness of Congress; question of re- 
turn of Congress to Philadelphia; congressional adminis- 
tration; Indian affairs; Mifflin elected president of 
Congress; western lands; desire of Virginia inhabitants 
to form new western state; American commercial legislation; 
West Indian trade; French and British commercial policy 
towards U.S.; U.S. -Spanish relations; Silas Deane on U.S. 
trade; liaison between Deane and Bancroft: American efforts 
to gain share of European trade; value of peace to U.S.; 
American treatment of loyalist refugees; ratification of 
definitive peace treaties.; character of future Anglo-Ameri- 
can diplomatic relations; imperial mediation in definitive 
peace negotiations; Washington's farewell to army, and 
resignation of army command to Congress; division of opinion 
among American agents abroad; discussion of British minister 
to U.S.; request for leave by La Luzerne; American attitude 
towards France; naming of Lafayette County, Pennsylvania; 
arrival of Dutch minister in U.S.; new French diplomatic 
cipher; pamphlet by Laurens; writings of T. Paine; order 
of Cincinnati; portraits of French king and queen for Con- 
gress; gift of American Philosophical Society to Louis XVT; 
recommendations in favor of J. P. Jones and J. Witherspoon 
