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finances; weights and measures; mineral, animal, and 
vegetable productions; exports in 1816; shipping at Norfolk; 
relations with France; French in Virginia; character of 
Virginians; commercial importance of Norfolk; desirability 
of French influence; plan for extensive French immigration 
to Virginia (ff. 294-321). [See volume 18, ff. 151-216, 
this series.] 
1819, Dec. 29. J. Q. Adams to D. D. Tompkins, con- 
cerning official etiquette (ff. 231-235). 
[1820]. Lemarrois, historical and statistical cho- 
rography of U.S., with topographical description of Florida, 
Canada, Nova Scotia, and islands in Gulf of St. Lawrence; 
discovery of America; brief history of U.S. from 1763 to 
1817; climate; fauna; population; religion; commerce; 
individual studies of each state and territory, as well as 
Florida, Canada, Nova Scotia, and St. Lawrence islands; 
description of coastal route from southwest to northeast, 
giving details on principal cities (ff . 240-292) . 
[1820]. Fourcroy, data on Franco-American commercial 
relations; with observations on changes effected in these 
relations by American law of May 15, 1820 (ff. 323-331). 
[1820]. Roth, memoir on U.S. government and French 
representation in U.S.; division of power in U.S.; diffi- 
culty this causes for foreign representatives; they must 
learn to understand U.S. Constitution, must keep thoroughly 
informed on public affairs, must know what to demand and 
what not to demand; reference to a minister who lived in 
U.S. five years and wrote a large book which proved only 
that he had seen nothing; praise of Talleyrand's memoir 
for Institut; necessity of acute observation perhaps 
accounts for number of able men produced in French legation 
to U.S.; Gerard, La Luzerne, Moustier, Marbois, Otto, La 
Forest, Hauterive, with Vergennes at their head, founded 
a school of diplomacy that has become guide for all Europe 
(ff . 333-335) . 
1821, Feb. 15. Gueroult to Pasquier, observations 
on negotiations between France and U.S. begun by author 
of book now in press entitled Pes Interets Secondaires de 
la France ; agreement for admitting American ships on same 
terms as French in order to secure a better cotton market 
(ff . 336-340) . 
Sept. Pasquier, report to king on negotiations 
with U.S. for commercial treaty; disagreement over interpre- 
tation of article 8 of La. cession treaty; seizure of 
Apollo in 1820; opinion of Hyde de Neuville; seizure of 
French ships in Florida (ff. 359-368). 
1821. Lenepil [?], observations and opinions of 
experienced merchants on three documents enclosed (ff . 376- 
385) ; enclosing: extract from reply of Louis Lame to 
question "what premium, in opinion of French merchants at 
New York, will induce U.S. national commerce to cooperate 
in exportation of cotton and tobacco?" ; translation of a 
note addressed by an American merchant to French ministry 
concerning tonnage question (ff . 367-369) ; extracts from 
U.S. tariff schedules (ff. 370-375). 
