THE

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

FROM THE SIGNING OF THE

DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE,

SEPTEMBER 10, 1783,

то THE

ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, MARCH 4, 1789.

BEING

THE LETTERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF CONGRESS, THE SECRETARY
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS-AMERICAN MINISTERS AT FOREIGN
COURTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS NEAR CONGRESS-REPORTS

OF COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS, AND REPORTS OF

THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON
VARIOUS LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS;

TOGETHER WITHI

LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

Checked

May 1913

Published under the direction of the Secretary of State, from the
original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably

to an Act of Congress, approved May 5, 1832.

LENOX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

THE

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

THE TREATY OF PEACE

TO THE ADOPTION OF THE

PRESENT CONSTITUTION.

VOL. III.