668 
Etats-Unis, 1852-1853 
Apr. 25. Private, Webster's reaction to pro- 
posal for joint renunciation of Cuba (ff . 140-145) . 
July 12. Private, confidential account of 
joint interview of Sartiges and Crampton with Fillmore 
(July 7) concerning Cuba; U.S. playing for time; Sartiges 
suggests wisdom of demanding from Spain as price of guarantee 
under consideration a promise not to sell Cuba at any future 
date (ff . 264-267) . 
Turgot to Sartiges 
Apr. 1. No. 8, attitude of U.S. towards new 
government of France; Rives-Webster correspondence; question 
of war in Europe; Anglo-French relations; joint action con- 
cerning Cuba (ff. 118-120). 
108 (1852-1855, Sept. -Feb.) 
Correspondence of Barruel-Beauvert , Calderon de la 
Barca, Conrad, Crampton, Dillon, Drouyn de Lhuys , Ducos, 
Everett, Fillmore, Kennedy, Marcoleta, Maxwell, Rives, 
Russell, Sartiges 
Other Material 
Draft of consular convention between France and U.S. ; 
list of American claims against France since July 4, 1831; 
Fillmore's annual message to Congress; documents relative 
to complaints of inhabitants of Greytown, Nicaragua; clip- 
pings from American newspapers. 
Subjects Treated 
French-American-British relations with regard to Cuba; 
Crescent City affair; La Plata commerce; Northeast Fisheries; 
Lobos Islands; party politics in U.S. and electoral campaign 
of 1852; Franco-American commercial difficulties, claims, 
etc.; death of Webster; Central American affairs and Nica- 
ragua canal project; U.S. relations with Austria, Haiti, 
Mexico, Santo Domingo; reports of U.S. cabinet officers; 
Franco-American consular convention; Ericcson's steamboat. 
Important Documents 
Sartiges to Drouyn de Lhuys 
Oct. 18. No. 63, electoral campaign; agitation 
in U.S. over Cuba; expedition to Japan; Franco-American 
maritime difficulties (ff . 21-28) . 
Nov. 15. No. 68, account of joint interview 
of Sartiges and Crampton with Fillmore on Cuba (ff . 76-77) . 
Dec. 2. No. 72, receipt of Everett's definitive 
reply to Franco-British proposals concerning Cuba; observa- 
tions thereon (ff . 100-101) . 
Dec. 5. No. 73, lengthy reflections on Everett's 
reply to "hands-cff Cuba" proposal (ff . 120-127) . 
Drouyn de Lhuys to Sartiges 
Dec. 23. No. 36, French Foreign Minister's 
reaction to Everett's refusal of cooperation in Cuba (f. 158) 
