1056 Correspondence des Consuls 
Despatches of La Forest: 
1785. Consular fees and emoluments; construction of 
Catholic church in New York; question of redemption of 
paper money deposited in chancelleries of French consulates; 
differences in commercial regulations of various States; 
U.S. and Barbary Powers. 
1786. Contract of Farmers General for supply of 
tobacco; legislation in Massachusetts relating to royalists; 
commercial and economic development of Nova Scotia; weak- 
nesses of Confederation; financial situation of Congress; 
debtor laws of different States; French emigration to U.S.; 
means of attracting American vessels to French ports; fur 
trade; Annapolis Convention; refusal of Congress to ratify 
consular convention of Versailles, July 29, 1784. 
1787. Laws of various States relating to commerce; 
Shays' rebellion in Massachusetts; request for permission 
to marry Demoiselle de Beaumanoir; return of vessels from 
trading voyage to China; Constitutional Convention; organ- 
ization of Northwest Territory; plan of new government; 
legislation in Rhode Island against slave trade. 
1788. Constitutional conventions of various States; 
U.S. commerce with England, France, West Indies, and 
India; ratifications of Federal Constitution; ravages of 
Hessian fly. 
Despatches of Ducher: 
1785. Appointment of John Temple as British consul 
at New York, and conjectures as to real nature of his 
mission. 
1786. Summary of commercial laws and tariffs of U.S. 
1787. Encloses letter from Alexander Hamilton. 
Other Material 
1784-1789. Statistical tables of navigation and 
commerce of New York; navigation of Hudson River, etc. 
1785, May 15. Barbe Marbois to Minister, concerning 
American trading venture with China; description of 
vessel Empress of China ; gratitude of captain and super- 
cargo to French consul. 
1785, Documents and correspondence relating to 
founding of Catholic church in New York. 
1786, [n.s.]. "Etat de la nation franqoise au 
consulat de New York depuis sa formation en corps national 
par M. de Marbois le 4 juillet 1785." 
1787, Sept. 8. A. Hamilton to Ducher, Philadelphia, 
proceedings of Constitutional Convention are secret; Con- 
vention will probably rise about middle of week; "You may 
say one thing to the Marquis De la Fayette . . . there is a 
probability that the new constitution be adopted, his friend 
General Washington will be brought forward at the head of 
it" [ sic ] . 
1788, Mar. 1. La Forest, report on French consular 
system in America. 
1788. Analyze des Loix Commerciales . avec les Tarif s , 
des Etats des deux Carolines , et de la Georgie ^^ (Fayette- 
ville, N.C., 1788) . 
