300 Argentine, 1829-1333 
difficulties betv/een France and Buenos Aires: enforced 
military service of French citizens; Menaeville's request 
for his passports; transference of French interests to 
care of American charge, Forbes; Mendeville 's retirement 
to Montevideo; capture of Buenos Aires vessel by rear 
admiral Venancourt. The printed documents listed below 
afford a good summary of the material in this volume. 
Correspondencia entre el Goblerno de Buenos Aires . 
J. £i Sr . Visconde de Venancourt . ... (Buenos Aires, 1829) 
(f . 35) . 
Expose des Motifs qui ont oblige le Consul General 
de France a Buenos Aires a cesser ses fonctions . et a 
demander ses Passeports . JL _ 2 _ : _ (Montevideo, 1829) (f. 162). 
Expose des faits qui se sont passes a Buenos-Ayres . 
a l'occasion de la formation de la garde urbaine _ 1 _ 2JL 
(ff. 197-208) . 
Newspapers 
El Pampero [Buenos Aires], Mar. 13, 19, Apr. 21 (ff. 
211, 313, 328) . 
Le Spectateur Franca is . Mar. 31, Apr. 16, 18 (ff . 209, 
215, 226) . 
5 (1830-July. 1832) ♦ 
Correspondence of Mendeville with French Foreign 
Office and government of Buenos Aires concerning recognition 
of independence of provinces of Rio La Plata; compulsory 
militia service for French citizens; exemption of American 
and English from this requirement because of early recog- 
nition of independence by their governments (see ff. 126, 
158, et seq . ) ; negotiation of treaty of commerce between 
France and Argentina. This volume relates almost entirely 
to political affairs of Argentina. 
1831, Dec. 6. Extract from message of president of 
U.S. at opening of Congress, concerning Argentine aggression 
against U.S. citizens in Falkland Islands (f . 271) . 
1832, Feb. 22. Mendeville to Broglie, government of 
Buenos Aires has suspended U.S. consul from his functions 
as result of events in Falkland Islands (f . 284) . 
6 (Aug.. 1832-1853) 
Subjects Treated 
Argentine refusal to receive La Forest as French charge 
d'affaires (f . 4) . 
Affair of Falkland Islands between Argentina and U.S. 
(ff. 212, 228, 231). 
Negotiation of commercial treaty between France and 
Argentina. 
