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nothing to escape dangers it entailed; having been in 
position to take offensive with great superiority, she 
instead allowed herself to be reduced to a position of 
equality, and eventually placed on defensive; France 
rejected most effective means of recovering superiority 
in favor of half-way measures and vague plans (ff . Si- 
ll?) . 
1781, Jan. -Feb. Sketch of Armed Neutrality and of 
British declaration of war upon Holland, considered as to 
motives and effects; motives of Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 
in entering into Armed Neutrality; effects of Armed Neu- 
trality to date, and possible effect on existing war be- 
tween France and Britain; motives and effects of British 
declaration of war on Holland (ff. 119-149). 
6 (1780-1791) 
[This volume consists entirely of original letters 
of George Washington, taken from the files of the French 
legation in the United States. There are eighty-six items, 
most of them addressed to La Luzerne. All are printed 
chronologically in J. G. Fitzpatrick's The Writings of 
George Washington ^^ 1745-1799 . Many of them are printed 
in other standard collections of Washington's writings. 
Because of their availability, only the addressees and 
dates of these letters are given below.] 
La Luzerne. Feb. 4, 15, May 5, 11, 14, Apr. 26, 27, 
28 (two letters), June 5, July 27, Aug. 4, 5, 6, 11, 16, 
Sept. 12, Nov. 5, Dec. 14, 20, 1781; [one letter of 1781 
undated]; Jan. 9, Mar. 8, 11, 31, May 13, 14, 17, 23, June 
8, 13, Sept. 5, 15, Oct. 29, 1781; Apr. 26, 27, 28 (two 
letters), May 5, June 5, 24, July 9, Aug. 11, 16, 28, Sept. 
5, 22, 24, 25, Nov. 11, 13, 19, 22, Dec. 3, 6, 15, 24, 29, 
1782; [one letter of 1782 undated]; Mar. 19, 29, Apr. 23, 
May 13, Sept. 22, Oct. 18, Nov. 6, 17, Dec. 14, 1783. 
Guichen, Sept. 12, 1780. 
Rochambeau, June 24, 1782. 
Vaudreuil, Aug. 10, 1782. 
Marbois, Nov. 7, 1783; June 20, 1784. 
Society of Cincinnati, May 17, 1784. 
Otto, Dec. 5, 1785. 
Moustier, Mar. 26, Oct. 18, Dec. 15, 1788. 
Ternant, Sept. 24, 1791. 
[Seven enclosures with Washington's letters are also 
bound in this volume. They include: three bulletins of 
information, Sept. 18, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, Dec. 8, 1782; sermon 
of Abbe Bandole, Nov. 3, 1781; General Forman to Washington, 
Aug. 25, 1782; N. Greene to La Luzerne, Dec. 19, 1782; 
Mcintosh to La Luzerne, Oct. 15, 1783.] 
[See MVC, Dec. 14, 1780.] 
1 (1781-1789) 
1781, July 24, [n.s.]. Observations on a memoir con- 
cerning method of supplying needs of U. S. (ff. 15-23). 
