614 Etats-Unis, 1784-1785 
memoir on fur trade by Marbois; speech by Lafayette; docu- 
ments concerning maritime prizes; appeal to Louis XVI from 
officials of Lorient ; Prospectus d'une gazette francaise . . . 
de Philadelphie . . . ; enactments of state legislatures; 
resolutions of Congress; extracts from American newspapers. 
Sub.jects Treated 
Franco-American commercial relations; retention of 
northwest posts by British; internal disunion of U.S.; 
weakness of Congress; establishment of American Roman 
Catholic hierarchy; Canadian relations with U.S.; navi- 
gation of Mississippi ; removal of Congress to New York; 
fur trade; American difficulties with Holland; French 
claims on U.S.; boundary difficulties between states of 
the union; relations with Spaniards in western U.S.; 
Franco-American consular convention; Indian problems; 
Anglo-American commerce; western emigration. 
Important Documents 
Marbois to Vergennes 
Concerning English retention of northwest posts, and 
fur trade, July 14, no. 385 (ff. 31-34); July 24, no. 386 
(ff. 48-50); Aug. 28, no. 392 (ff. 162-167); Sept. 30, 
no. 395 (ff. 266-271); Oct. 30, no. 398 (ff. 335-337). 
Concerning western expansion, boundary difficulties, 
and navigation of the Mississippi, Aug. 13, no. 388 (ff. 
127-132); Aug. 24, no. 391 ( f f . 154-156); Nov. 17, no. 402 
(ff. 393-396); Dec. 1, no. 404 (ff. 410-412); Dec. 6, no. 
405 (ff . 419-423) . 
29 (1785. Jan. -May) 
Correspondence of J. Adams, Breteuil, Brienne, Calonne, 
Castries, Corny, Franklin, Gerard de Rayneval, Mme. de 
Gregoire, J. Jay, Jefferson, Kermorvan, Lemaire, Leray de 
Chaumont, Lotbiniere, Louis XVI, Madison, Marbois, Mont- 
barrey, d'Ogny, Otto, Poisson, Ridley, Segur, Shaw, Ver- 
gennes, Vomagneroux, des Vouves-Darges, Williams 
Other Material 
Documents concerning U.S. negotiations with Morocco 
and Barbary States (1778-1785) ; project of postal con- 
vention; memoir on commerce by Valcoulon; extracts from 
journals of Congress; resolutions of Congress; The Inde - 
pendent Gazetteer . . . (Jan. 29, Apr. 9); The Pennsylvania 
Journal . . . (Apr. 6); extracts from American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
Weakness of U.S.; American relations with Spanish 
settlements; U.S. debts; extradition; Indian affairs; 
Anglo-American relations; Mississippi navigation; Roman 
Catholicism in U.S.; Holker-Morris affair; U.S. -Dutch 
relations; Franco-American commercial relations; westward 
expansion and new states; Barbary pirates; postal arrange- 
ments between France and U.S.; China trade; Danville Con- 
vention. 
