Volume 8

25 February to 31 October 1785

Volume Details

Description

Volume 8 covers the period from February through October 1785. During this time Jefferson was appointed to replace Benjamin Franklin as American minister to France; Franklin returned to America; and John Adams went to London to take up his duties as minister to Great Britain. The efforts of the three commissioners to negotiate treaties of amity and commerce culminated, in September, in the completion and signing of a commercial treaty with Prussia.

This volume also includes the correspondence between Jefferson and Adams arranging for the mission of Thomas Barclay and John Lamb to negotiate treaties with the Barbary states and the official instructions and commissions presented to Barclay and Lamb.

Jefferson’s personal letters in this volume include the first letters exchanged with Abigail Adams, which give evidence of the warm affection and understanding, often touched with humor, existing between them; letters concerning the education and welfare of Jefferson’s nephews in Virginia; reports on the selection of Jean Antoine Houdon to make a statue of George Washington for the State of Virginia and the arrangements for his journey to America to execute that commission; a few friendly letters between Jefferson and Chastellux in which Jefferson gives his “idea of the characters of the several states. In the North they are cool. In the South they are fiery,” etc. Also included in this volume is a letter from Martha Jefferson to Eliza House Trist giving an account of her journey to Europe with her father and her first impressions of her life in Paris.

The letters of this period provide an account of the public and private lives of the foreign representatives of a new and struggling country in the oldest and most sophisticated capitals of Europe.

Table of Contents

From George Washington, 25 February 1785	3
Jefferson's Advertisement of Hopkinson's Invention, [ca. February? 1785]	6
From Anthony Garvey, [ca. February? 1785]	8
To John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, 1 March 1785	8
Proposed Changes in Translation of the Treaty with Prussia, [ca. 1 March? 1785]	9
To Geismar, 3 March 1785	10
To Samuel Henley, with a List of Books, 3 March 1785	11
De Thulemeier to the American Commissioners, 4 March 1785	14
From Charles Thomson, 6 March 1785	15
From Alexander Moore, 10 March 1785	17
To Clouet, [11 March 1785]	18
John Jay to the American Commissioners, [11] March 1785	19
From Jean Holker, 12 March 1785	22
From Eliza House Trist, 12 March 1785	24
American Commissioners to De Thulemeier, 14 March 1785	26
From John Jay, 15 March 1785	33
From John Page, 15 March 1785	34
From Chevallié, 17 March 1785	34
American Commissioners to John Jay, 18 March 1785	36
To James Madison, 18 March 1785	38
To James Monroe, 18 March 1785	42
[To Alexander Moore, 19 March 1785]	45
[To Nathaniel Tracy, 19 March 1785]	45
John Adams to Franklin and Jefferson, 20 March 1785	46
From James Buchanan and William Hay, 20 March 1785	48
From Francis Hopkinson, with Enclosure, 20 March 1785	50
From Richard Price, 21 March 1785	52
From John Jay, 22 March 1785	54
Jefferson's Attestation of Depositions, 22 March 1785	54
[To Jean Holker, 24 March 1785]	55
Dorset to the American Commissioners, 26 March 1785	55
From Abiel Foster, 26 March 1785	60
From Anthony Garvey, 26 March 1785	60
From Siot de St. Pol, 26 March 1785	60
American Commissioners to Vergennes, 28 March 1785	61
From Geismar, 28 March 1785	63
From William Carmichael, 29 March 1785	64
From Jean Holker, 29 March 1785	67
From Patrick Henry, 30 March 1785	67
To William Short, 2 April 1785	68
From William Carmichael, 4 April 1785	69
From James Monroe, 6 April 1785	70
Lafayette to the American Commissioners, 8 April 1785	70
Notes on Presents made by Foreign Powers to Algiers, [after 8 April 1785]	72
[To Thomas Barclay, John Bondfield, and James Carmichael, 10 April 1785]	73
From the Rev. James Madison, 10 April 1785	73
From James Monroe, 12 April 1785	75
American Commissioners to John Jay, 13 April 1785	80
[To Alexander Moore, 14 April 1785]	83
William Carmichael to Benjamin Franklin, 15 April 1785	83
From David Hartley, 15 April 1785	85
From John Jay, 15 April 1785	86
From James Milligan, 15 April 1785	87
To James Monroe, 15 April 1785	88
To the Governor of Virginia, 15 April 1785	90
From James Carmichael, 16 April 1785	92
From the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 17 April [1785]	92
[To William Carmichael, 17 April 1785]	93
[To Jean Holker, 17 April 1785]	93
From John Bondfield, 19 April 1785	93
From William Carmichael, 19 April 1785	95
From Peter Carr, 20 April 1785	96
From Madame de Doradour, 20 April [1785]	96
From Francis Hopkinson, 20 April 1785	98
From Walker Maury, 20 April 1785	101
From P. Guillibaud & Cie., 22 April 1785	102
From Jean Holker, 25 April 1785	103
Favi to the American Commissioners, 26 April 1785	104
Notes on Alterations Proposed by Favi, [after 26 April 1785]	105
From James Madison, 27 April 1785	110
[From John Bondfield, 28 April 1785]	116
From John Page, 28 April 1785	116
Vergennes to the American Commissioners, 28 April 1785	120
From Jacques Le Maire, 30 April 1785	120
To William Short, 30 April 1785	132
From Madame de Doradour, 1 May 1785	133
To William Short, 2 May 1785	133
[To William Carmichael, 3 May 1785]	134
De Thulemeier to the American Commissioners, 3 May 1785	134
From Eliza House Trist, 4 May 1785	135
From William Carmichael, 5 [May] 1785	137
[From Martha Jefferson Carr, 6 May 1785] Printed in Vol. 15:618 Supplement	139
From Madame de Doradour, [8 May 1785]	139
From C. W. F. Dumas, 10 May 1785	140
American Commissioners to John Jay, 11 May 1785	140
From Madame de Doradour, [11? May 1785]	141
[To Francis Eppes, 11 May 1785]	141
To Elbridge Gerry, 11 May 1785	142
[To George Gilmer, 11 May 1785]	145
[To Samuel Hardy, 11 May 1785]	145
To John Jay, 11 May 1785	145
To John Jay, 11 May 1785	146
[To Nicholas Lewis, 11 May – 3 June 1785]	147
To James Madison, 11 May 1785	147
[To James Maury, 11 May 1785]	148
To James Monroe, 11 May 1785	148
[To John Walker, 11 May 1785]	151
[To Edward Burd, 12 May 1785]	151
From Madame de Doradour, [12 May 1785]	151
To the Governor of Virginia, 12 May 1785	151
[To Philip Mazzei, 12 May 1785]	152
From John Polson, 13 May 1785	152
American Commissioners to Dorset, 16 May 1785	153
From Richard Henry Lee, 16 May 1785	153
From St. John de Crèvecoeur, 18 May 1785	155
From Madame de Doradour, [18 May 1785]	156
From John Adams, 19 May 1785	157
To De Blome, 19 May 1785	157
From Daniele Dolfin, Ambassador of Venice at the Court of Versailles, [ca. 19 May 1785]	158
[To John Bondfield, 20 May 1785]	158
To C. W. F. Dumas, 20 May 1785	158
[To Jean Holker, 20 May 1785]	159
From John Adams, 22 May 1785	159
From John Adams, 23 May 1785	161
[To Giovanni Fabbroni, 23 May 1785] Printed in Vol. 27:745 Supplement	161
From Alexander Learmonth, 23 May 1785	161
From the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 24 May 1785	162
From Jean Holker, 24 May 1785	162
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 24 May 1785	163
To John Adams, 25 May 1785	163
From Vergennes, 25 May 1785	164
American Commissioners to De Thulemeier, 26 May 1785	165
[To Louis Guillaume Otto, 26 May 1785]	166
From John Adams, 27 May 1785	166
From John Adams, 27 May 1785	167
From Samuel Amory, 27 May 1785	168
From Barré, 28 May 1785	168
From Samuel House, 28 May 1785	169
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 28 May 1785	169
John Adams to Franklin and Jefferson, 29 May 1785	170
[From John Jay, 30 May 1785]	171
[From Nathanael Greene, 1 June 1785]	171
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 1 June 1785	171
To John Adams, 2 June 1785	172
From Chastellux, 2 June 1785	174
[To Anthony Garvey, 2 June 1785]	175
From John Adams, 3 June 1785	176
To Barré, 3 June 1785	176
From Anthony Garvey, 5 June 1785	177
[From James Jarvis, 5 June 1785]	178
From Abigail Adams, with Enclosure, 6 June 1785	178
From Jean François Briet, 6 June 1785	181
[To Anthony Garvey, 6 June 1785]	183
From John Adams, 7 June 1785	183
To Chastellux, 7 June 1785	184
From C. W. F. Dumas, 7 June 1785	187
American Commissioners to Favi, with Observations on Treaty Project, 8 June 1785	187
From Ralph Izard, with Reports on the Trade of South Carolina, 10 June 1785	195
Enclosure I, 15 October 1784	197
Enclosure II, 31 December 1784	199
To Jean François Briet, 11 June 1785	205
Favi to the American Commissioners, 11 June 1785	205
From Nathanael Greene, 11 June 1785	205
From Madame de Doradour, 14 June [1785]	206
From Neil Jamieson, 14 June 1785	206
[From John Jay, 14 June 1785]	207
From Jean François Briet, 15 June 1785	207
[To James Buchanan and William Hay, 15 June 1785]	207
Franklin and Jefferson to John Adams, 15 June 1785	208
From John Jay, 15 June 1785	209
From David Ramsay, 15 June 1785	210
To John Banister, 16 June 1785	211
To the Governor of Virginia, with Enclosure, 16 June 1785	212
From Patrick Henry, 16 June 1785	214
From James Monroe, 16 June 1785	215
From Benjamin Rush, 16 June 1785	220
To the Governor of Maryland, 16 June 1785	220
From Louis Alexandre, with Enclosure, 17 June 1785	221
From John Banister, Jr., 17 June 1785	224
From David S. Franks, 17 June 1785	225
To David S. Franks, 17 June 1785	225
To John Jay, 17 June 1785	226
To James Milligan, 17 June 1785	227
To James Monroe, 17 June 1785	227
From Du Portail, 17 June 1785	234
De Thulemeier to the American Commissioners, 17 June 1785	234
American Commissioners to John Jay, 18 June 1785	235
To Joseph Jones, 19 June 1785	236
To Adam Stephen, 19 June 1785	237
John Adams to Franklin and Jefferson, 20 June 1785	238
John Adams to Franklin and Jefferson, 20 June 1785	238
From Jean François Briet, 20 June 1785	238
To Abigail Adams, 21 June 1785	239
From F. W. Bleibtrear, 21 June 1785	242
From Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 21 June 1785	243
From P. & V. French & Nephew, 21 June 1785	244
To Charles Thomson, 21 June 1785	245
To John Adams, 22 June 1785	246
To William Carmichael, 22 June 1785	247
To William Stephens Smith, 22 June 1785	249
From John Bondfield, 25 June 1785	250
From William Carmichael, with Enclosures, 27 June 1785	251
From the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 28 June [1785]	256
From Barré, 28 [June] 1785	256
To William Short, 28 June 1785	257
From John Polson, 1 July 1785	258
From Richard Price, 2 July 1785	258
[To Samuel Hardy, James Madison, and James Monroe, 4 July 1785] Printed in Vol. 27:748 Supplement	259
To Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 5 July 1785	259
From Giovanni Fabbroni, 5 July 1785	260
To James Monroe, 5 July 1785	261
To Francis Hopkinson, 6 July 1785	262
To Abigail Adams, 7 July 1785	264
To John Adams, 7 July 1785	265
From Laumoy, 7 July 1785	268
To Charles Williamos, 7 July 1785	269
Franklin and Jefferson to Adams, with Proposed Treaty with Great Britain, 8 July 1785	273
From Charles Williamos, 8 July 1785	275
Castries to the American Commissioners, [9?] July 1785	277
From Philip Mazzei, 9 July 1785	277
To Castries, 10 July 1785	278
[To Laumoy, 10 July 1785]	279
To George Washington, 10 July 1785	279
To John Adams, 11 July 1785	281
To Barré, 11 July 1785	281
From Benjamin Franklin, 11 July 1785	282
From Benjamin Franklin, 11 July 1785	282
To the Governor of Virginia, 11 July [1785]	282
To John Jay, 12 July 1785	284
To Richard Henry Lee, 12 July 1785	286
To James Monroe, 12 July 1785	288
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 12 July 1785	289
To Louis Alexandre, 13 July 1785	290
To Jean François Briet, 13 July 1785	291
[To B. Contée, 13 July 1785]	291
To P. & V. French & Nephew, 13 July 1785	291
From John Jay, 13 July 1785	292
From David Ramsay, 13 July 1785	293
From John Bondfield, [after 14 July 1785]	294
To Anthony Garvey, 14 July 1785	294
[To Jan Ingenhousz, 14 July 1785] Printed in Vol. 27:749 Supplement	295
To Charles Thomson, 14 July 1785	295
From James Monroe, 15 July 1785	296
From John Adams, 16 July 1785	297
From Plowden Garvey, 16 July 1785	298
To Ezra Stiles, 17 July 1785	298
To George Washington, 17 July 1785	301
From John Adams, 18 July 1785	301
From B. Contée, 18 July 1785	303
To Benjamin Franklin, 18 July 1785	303
From Samuel Henley, 18 July 1785	304
From Jean Holker, 18 July 1785	304
From De Thulemeier, 19 July 1785	305
From William Temple Franklin, 20 July 1785	306
From Benjamin Franklin, 21 July 1785	308
From De Pio, [21 July 1785]	308
To De Pio, 21 July 1785	309
From Francis Hopkinson, 23 July 1785	309
From John Adams, 24 July 1785	310
From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 25 July 1785	311
American Commissioners to C. W. F. Dumas, [27 July 1785]	312
American Commissioners to William Short, [27 July 1785]	313
To Vergennes, 27 July 1785	315
To John Adams, with Enclosure, 28 July 1785	315
From William Carmichael, 28 July 1785	320
To John Stockdale, 28 July 1785	322
To De Thulemeier, 28 July 1785	323
To G. K. van Hogendorp, 29 July 1785	324
To Jean Holker, 29 July 1785	325
From John Paul Jones, 29 July 1785	326
From William Bingham, 30 July 1785	328
[From B. Contée, 30 July 1785]	329
From Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 30 July 1785	329
To Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 30 July 1785	330
To John Adams, 31 July 1785	332
From John Paul Jones, 31 July 1785	334
From John Banister, Jr., 1 August 1785	335
From the Marquis and Marquise de Spinola, 1 August 1785	336
From Stael de Holstein, 1 August 1785	336
From John Cooper, 2 August 1785	336
From C. W. F. Dumas, 2 August 1785	337
To Castries, 3 August 1785	337
To John Paul Jones, 3 August 1785	339
From Pierrard, 3 August 1785	339
From John Adams, 4 August 1785	340
From James Currie, 5 August 1785	342
To John Adams, with Draft of Treaty Proposed for Barbary States, 6 August 1785	347
From John Adams, 7 August 1785	354
[To Wilson Miles Cary, 7 August 1785]	356
To Richard Price, 7 August 1785	356
From William Short, 7 August 1785	358
[To William Bingham, 8 August 1785]	359
[From James Gordon, 8 August 1785]	359
From David Ramsay, 8 August 1785	359
To John Adams, 10 August 1785	361
[To James Gordon, 10 August 1785]	363
To Pierrard, 10 August 1785	363
To Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 10 August 1785	364
[From Abigail Adams, 12 August 1785] Printed in Vol. 27:749 Supplement	364
From Castries, 12 August 1785	364
From John Stockdale, 12 August 1785	365
From Thomas Thompson, 12 August 1785	366
To James Buchanan and William Hay, 13 August 1785	366
From Plowden Garvey, 13 August 1785	368
From John Jay, 13 August 1785	369
From John Jay, 13 August 1785	371
To John Paul Jones, 13 August 1785	371
To John Jay, 14 August 1785	372
To John Jay, 14 August 1785	375
From Gilles de Lavallée, 14 August 1785	377
From Jean Holker, 14 August 1785	379
From Neil Jamieson, 14 August 1785	380
From Patience Wright, 14 August 1785	380
From St. John de Crèvecoeur, 15 August 1785	381
From James Monroe, 15 August 1785	381
To Vergennes, 15 August 1785	385
To John Banister, Jr., 16 August 1785	393
To B. Contée, 16 August 1785	394
To John Adams, 17 August 1785	394
To Castries, 17 August 1785	395
To John Paul Jones, 17 August 1785	396
From John Paul Jones, 17 August 1785	397
To Thomas Thompson, 17 August 1785	398
To Nathaniel Tracy, 17 August 1785	398
From John Adams, 18 August 1785	400
To William Carmichael, 18 August 1785	401
To Samuel House, 18 August 1785	402
To Eliza House Trist, 18 August 1785	403
To Peter Carr, 19 August 1785	405
From John Paul Jones, 19 August 1785	409
To Walker Maury, with a List of Books, 19 August 1785	409
From John Bondfield, 20 August 1785	412
[To Martha Jefferson Carr, 20 August 1785] Printed in Vol. 15:620 Supplement	413
From James Madison, 20 August 1785	413
To John Page, 20 August 1785	417
From Abigail Adams, 21 August 1785	420
To St. John de Crèvecoeur, 22 August 1785	421
To the Governor of Virginia, with an Account of Expenses, 22 August 1785	422
From Thomas Thompson, 22 August 1785	423
From John Adams, 23 August 1785	423
From C. W. F. Dumas, 23 August 1785	424
From Elbridge Gerry and Others, 23 August 1785	425
To John Jay, 23 August 1785	426
From John Page, 23 August 1785	428
From William Short, with Enclosure, 23 August 1785	431
From William Short, with Enclosure, 23 August 1785	434
Martha Jefferson to Eliza House Trist, [after 24 August 1785]	436
From John Paul Jones, 24 August 1785	439
From Richard O'Bryen, 24 August 1785	440
From William Robeson, 24 August 1785	441
[From Giovanni Fabbroni, 25 August 1785]	441
From James Monroe, 25 August 1785	441
From Stephen Sayre, 25 August 1785	442
From Castries, 26 August 1785	443
To James Monroe, 28 August 1785	444
[To William Robeson, 28 August 1785]	446
From William Short, 28 August 1785	446
[From Henry Champion, 29 August 1785]	448
To John Paul Jones, 29 August 1785	448
From Miles King, 29 August 1785	448
From De Ponçins, 29 August 1785	449
From St. John de Crèvecoeur, 30 August 1785	450
To Francis Eppes, [30 August 1785] Printed in Vol. 15:621 Supplement	451
To John Jay, 30 August 1785	452
To John Banister, 31 August 1785	456
To David Ramsay, 31 August 1785	457
From Vergennes, 31 August 1785	458
From Charles Bellini, [ca. August 1785]	458
To C. W. F. Dumas and William Short, 1 September 1785	459
To James Madison, with a List of Books, 1 September 1785	460
From William Carmichael, 2 September 1785	464
To Chastellux, with Enclosure, 2 September 1785	467
From David S. Franks, [ca. 2 September 1785]	470
From Chastellux, 3 September 1785	471
To Abigail Adams, 4 September 1785	472
To John Adams, 4 September 1785	473
To John Adams, 4 September 1785	475
To John Adams, 4 September 1785	476
From John Adams, 4 September 1785	476
From Lafayette, 4 September 1785	478
From Froullé, [before 5 September 1785]	480
To Froullé, 5 September 1785	481
To David Hartley, 5 September 1785	481
Lease for the Hôtel de Langeac, [5 September 1785]	485
Private Agreement for Lease of the Hôtel de Langeac, [5 September 1785]	489
From John Paul Jones, 5 September 1785	492
From Lister Asquith, [ca. 6 September 1785]	492
From Abigail Adams, 6 September 1785	498
To Geismar, 6 September 1785	499
From Lister Asquith, 7 September 1785	500
From Lister Asquith, 8 September 1785	501
From G. K. van Hogendorp, 8 September 1785	501
From William Short, 9 September 1785	505
From Patrick Henry, 10 September 1785	507
From Patrick Henry, 10 September 1785	508
From John Adams, 11 September 1785	510
From John Adams, 11 September 1785	510
To Gilles de Lavallée, 11 September 1785	511
To John Langdon, 11 September 1785 Postscript printed in Vol. 27:752 Supplement	512
To André Limozin, 11 September 1785	513
To De Ponçins, 11 September 1785	514
From William Short, 11 September 1785	515
From Elbridge Gerry, 12 September 1785	515
[From Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 13 September 1785]	517
From Mary Jefferson, [ca. 13 September 1785?]	517
To Lister Asquith, 14 September 1785	517
[From Francis Eppes, 14 September 1785] Printed in Vol. 15:623 Supplement	518
From John Jay, 14 September 1785	518
To William Short, 14 September 1785	520
From John Adams, 15 September 1785	521
From Edward Bancroft, 15 September 1785	522
From Samuel Henley, 15 September 1785	523
From John Jay, 15 September 1785	523
From John Adams, 16 September 1785	525
From James Wilkie, 16 September 1785	525
From John Adams, 18 September 1785	525
From André Limozin, 18 September 1785	526
To John Adams, 19 September 1785	526
From Lister Asquith, 19 September 1785	527
From John Banister, Jr., 19 September 1785	529
From Barré, 19 September [1785]	529
From William McNeill, [19? September 1789]	530
From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 19 September 1785	531
To Mary Jefferson, 20 September 1785	532
To André Limozin, 20 September 1785	533
To James Madison, with Account Enclosed, 20 September 1785	534
To Edmund Randolph, 20 September 1785	537
To James Buchanan, 22 September 1785	539
To Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 22 September 1785 Text of RC printed in Vol. 15:624 Supplement	539
To Neil Jamieson, 22 September 1785	540
From André Limozin, [ca. 22 September 1785]	541
From Ferdinand Grand, 23 September 1785	541
From William Stephens Smith, 23 September 1785	541
To John Adams, 24 September 1785	542
To John Adams, 24 September 1785	545
To Ferdinand Grand, 24 September 1785	546
To William Short, 24 September 1785	547
To Abigail Adams, 25 September 1785	547
From John Adams, 25 September 1785	550
To Francis Hopkinson, 25 September 1785	550
To Lister Asquith, 26 September 1785	551
To Thomas Barclay, 26 September 1785	552
To Ralph Izard, 26 September 1785	552
To John Stockdale, 26 September 1785	554
To Nathaniel Tracy, 26 September 1785	554
From George Washington, 26 September 1785	555
To James Currie, 27 September 1785	558
[From Dolomieu, 27 September 1785]	560
From Lister Asquith, 28 September 1785	560
From C. W. F. Dumas, 28 September 1785	561
From Francis Hopkinson, 28 September 1785	562
To the Governor of Virginia, 28 September 1785	564
To André Limozin, 28 September 1785	565
From David Rittenhouse, 28 September 1785	565
From William Carmichael, 29 September 1785	566
To Richard O'Bryen, 29 September 1785	567
[To James Wilkie, 29 September 1785]	568
To Charles Bellini, 30 September 1785	568
[From William Carmichael, 30 September 1785 – redated 30 September 1788]	570
From André Limozin, [ca. 30 September 1785]	570
From Benjamin Franklin, 1 October 1785	571
From John Adams, 2 October 1785	571
To Barré, 2 October 1785	573
To the Rev. James Madison, 2 October 1785	574
From John Adams, 3 October 1785	577
From Lister Asquith, 3 October 1785	578
From James Madison, 3 October 1785	579
To C. W. F. Dumas, 4 October 1785	582
From C. W. F. Dumas, 4 October 1785	583
From André Limozin, 4 October 1785	583
To André Limozin, 4 October 1785	584
To John Adams, 5 October 1785	585
To Benjamin Franklin, 5 October 1785	585
From David Hartley, 5 October 1785	586
From John Paul Jones, 5 October 1785	587
To Samuel Osgood, 5 October 1785	588
To John Jay, 6 October 1785	592
[From André Limozin, 6 October 1785]	593
From Abigail Adams, 7 October 17[85]	594
From Froullé, 7 October 1785	596
From John Mehegan, 7 October 1785	597
From John Paul Jones, 8 October 1785	597
To John Paul Jones, 8 October 1785	597
To André Limozin, 8 October 1785	598
To Charles Thomson, 8 October 1785	598
From James Warren, 9 October 1785	599
[From John Adams, 10 October 1785]	600
From James Bowdoin, 10 October 1785	601
From Ferdinand Grand, 10 October [1785]	601
To Abigail Adams, 11 October 1785	602
To John Adams, 11 October 1785	603
To Elbridge Gerry, 11 October 1785	604
American Commissioners to John Jay, 11 October 1785	606
To John Jay, 11 October 1785	606
Documents Pertaining to the Mission of Barclay and Lamb to the Barbary States, Editorial Note, 11 October 1785	610
I. Commission, 11 October 1785	611
II. Instructions, 11 October 1785	613
III. Supplementary Instructions to John Lamb, 11 October 1785	616
IV. Jefferson's “Heads for a letter”, 4 September 1785	617
V. American Commissioners to the Emperor of Morocco, September – October 1785	619
VI. Heads of Inquiry, 11 October 1785	621
VII. Letter of Credit, 6 October 1785	622
VIII. American Commissioners to William Carmichael, 12 September 1785	623
IX. Projet of a Treaty with the Barbary States, 11 October 1785	624
From André Limozin, 11 October 1785	625
[From André Limozin, 11 October 1785]	625
From De Thulemeier, 11 October 1785	625
American Commissioners to Vergennes, 11 October 1785	625
To Lister Asquith, 12 October 1785	627
To Borgnis Desbordes, Frères, 12 October 1785	627
To Froullé, 12 October 1785	628
From Froullé, 12 October 1785	628
To David Ramsay, 12 October 1785	629
To Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 12 October 1785	629
To Vergennes, 12 October 1785	631
To G. K. van Hogendorp, 13 October 1785	631
To Samuel Henley, 14 October 1785	634
To John Banister, Jr., 15 October 1785	635
From André Limozin, 16 October 1785	638
To De Thulemeier, 16 October 1785	639
From Lister Asquith, 17 October 1785	639
From James Currie, 17 October 1785	640
From Archibald Stuart, 17 October 1785	644
To John Adams, 18 October 1785	647
From Borgnis Desbordes, Frères, [18? October 1785]	647
From James Buchanan and William Hay, 18 October 1785	648
To William Carmichael, 18 October 1785	648
From Madame d'Houdetot, 18 October 1785	649
From David Ross and Other Virginia Merchants, 18 October 1785	650
From Abigail Adams, 19 October 1785	653
From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 20 October 1785	655
To Vergennes, 21 October 1785	656
To D'Aranda, 22 October 1785	657
From D'Aranda, 22 October 1785	658
To Ferdinand Grand, 22 October 1785	658
From David Ross, 22 October 1785	659
From Lister Asquith, 23 October 178[5]	661
From James Bowdoin, 23 October 1785	662
From John Adams, 24 October 1785	663
From William Carmichael, 24 October 1785	665
From Thomas Pleasants, Jr., 24 October 1785	666
From Richard Price, 24 October 1785	667
From Abigail Adams, 25 October 1785	669
To William Carmichael, 25 October 1785	670
From Thomas Cushing, 25 October 1785	670
From Francis Hopkinson, 25 October 1785	671
From William Wenman Seward, 25 October 1785	672
To Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 25 October 1785	674
From Philip Mazzei, 26 October 1785	675
[From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 27 October 1785]	680
From Vergennes, 27 October 1785	680
From Castries, 28 October 1785	680
To James Madison, 28 October 1785	681
From Richard Henry Lee, 29 October 1785	683
From Vergennes, 30 October 1785	685
From Thomas Elder, [ca. October 1785]	687

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