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raation is desired; judgment of U.S. Supreme Court in case 
of the Apollon . 
Subjects Treated 
U.S. -Russian relations; Franco-American commercial 
affairs; right of search; Newfoundland fisheries; affairs 
of Cuba; slave trade; neutral rights; Monroe Doctrine; 
American domestic politics; U.S. and Greek war of inde- 
pendence; Mexican constitution; claim of Beaumarchais; 
American spoliation claims; Frenchman in U.S. claims to 
be son of Louis XVI; U.S. attitude toward Franco-Spanish 
conflict; Lafayette in U.S.; suppression of piracy. 
Important Documents 
Correspondence of French representatives in U.S. 
(Menou, Mareuil) with ministers of foreign affairs (Villele, 
Chateaubriand, Damas) concerning Monroe Doctrine, slave 
trade, commercial difficulties, neutral rights ( passim ) . 
81 (1825) 
Correspondence of James Brown, Clay, Damas, Fourdeau, 
Mareuil, Pillavoine, St. Andre 
Other Material 
Reports of Damas to Louis XVIII. 
Extracts from American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
Spoliation claims; U.S. finances; Russo-American 
relations; suppression of piracy; American domestic poli- 
tics; affairs of Spanish America; Poinsett's mission to 
Mexico; Indian affairs; Anglo-American relations; weather; 
Lafayette in America; Spanish-American difficulties; 
Washington social life; Erie Canal; Panama Congress. 
Important Documents 
Jan. 27. Mareuil to Damas, no. 22, U.S. have 
obtained Russian consent to colony they propose to establish 
in Oregon (ff . 19-22) . 
July 9. Damas, report to Louis XVIII, compre- 
hensive report on Franco-American claims (ff. 154-173). 
82 (1826) 
Correspondence of Clay, Damas, Guillerain, Hersant, 
Mareuil, Menou, Pillavoine, de Seze 
Other Material 
Extracts from American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
Spoliation claims; U.S. finances; domestic politics 
of U.S.; South American affairs; Bishop England of Charleston; 
suppression of piracy; diplomatic precedence at Washington; 
northwest boundary; Panama Congress; Monroe Doctrine; duel 
