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241-253; volume 14, ff. 27-70, 184-198, 419-430.] 
1783, Mar. 10. Beauveau, memoir on importance and 
commerce of New York (ff. 150-151). 
Nov. 6. Marbois to Castries, account of a 
journey in Delaware where he had gone to investigate 
condition of shipwrecked French crews; trade of Delaware; 
annual Dover fair; Cape Henlopen canal, its construction; 
Dutch squadron at Chester (ff. 152-154). 
Nov. 12. Toscan, memoir on present condition 
of French and British trade with New England, principally 
Boston; note on French ships which entered Boston harbor 
from peace to Nov. 12, 1783, with value of their cargoes 
and value of local merchandise exported in them (ff. 155- 
161) . 
1784, Sept. 10. D'Annemours, memoir on North American 
ship-timbers; quality; reasons for their discredit; means 
of dispelling this discredit and of securing in U.S. funds 
necessary to develop them for use of French shipbuilders 
and supply of U.S. (ff. 162-166). 
1784. [Oster?]. Statement of duties levied upon 
foreign vessels and their cargoes entering Virginia (f . 
239) . 
1785, Jan. 12. Toscan to Castries, sending memoir 
(f. 176); enclosing: memoir on state of New Hampshire; 
foundation; present condition; Portsmouth and other towns; 
productions; commerce before and after revolution; contra- 
band trade with French colonies; ship-timbers; France 
should profit from ruin of American commerce caused by 
British ambition (ff. 177-189). 
Feb. 16. Marbois to Castries, on ship-timbers 
(ff . 190-194) . 
Mar. Letombe, memoir on trade and commerce of 
Massachusetts; history and government of Massachusetts; 
general remarks on commerce (ff. 196-214). 
Apr. 13. La Forest to Castries, on ship-timbers, 
especially Carolina and Georgia live oak (ff . 215-220) ; 
enclosing: observations by La Forest on proposal made to 
furnish Georgia wood to royal navy of France, with proposal 
of William O'Brien, John McQueen, and Thomas Hetherclift, 
contractors (ff . 221-222) ; extract from letter of Benjamin 
Hawkins to La Forest, concerning utility of live oak (ff. 
223-224) . 
May. George Abbot Hall, proposals for develop- 
ment of general commerce between France and South Carolina 
(ff . 225-226) . 
[May], Cn.s.]. Note on commercial arrangements 
between Georgia and Carolina merchants and their corre- 
spondents in England (ff. 227-228). 
June 25. J. Wentworth, observations on nature 
and prices of American masts (f . 195) . 
Dec. 27. Oster, memoir on Virginia commerce 
(ff . 231-238) . 
Dec. 29. Oster to Castries, transmitting a 
collection of laws of Virginia (ff. 229-230). 
[1785], [n.s.]. Considerations on several matters 
of particular interest to French navy resulting from U.S. 
