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diff --git a/41640-h/41640-h.htm b/41640-h/41640-h.htm index 1c33f7c..c3d2de0 100644 --- a/41640-h/41640-h.htm +++ b/41640-h/41640-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume IV, by Jared Sparks. @@ -172,50 +172,7 @@ div.fn { </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Diplomatic Correspondence of the -American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12), by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12) - -Author: Various - -Editor: Jared Sparks - -Release Date: December 17, 2012 [EBook #41640] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, VOL IV *** - - - - -Produced by Frank van Drogen, Julia Neufeld and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at -http://gallica.bnf.fr) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41640 ***</div> <h1><small>THE</small><br /> DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE<br /> @@ -311,7 +268,7 @@ CONTINUED.</h3> <tr><td align="left">To Earl Grantham. Passy, Sept. 11th, 1782,</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"> <small>Prospect of peace.</small></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. Philadelphia, September 12th, 1782,</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"> <small>Presenting Mr Paine's work addressed to the Abbé Raynal.</small></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"> <small>Presenting Mr Paine's work addressed to the Abbé Raynal.</small></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Robert R. Livingston to B. Franklin. Philadelphia, September 12th, 1782,</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"> <small>Necessity of further supplies of money.</small></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">To David Hartley. Passy, September 17th, 1782,</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> @@ -1307,9 +1264,9 @@ Sir, congratulate you on the safe arrival of two vessels from Holland, having on board the goods left by Commodore Gillon, and to present you in the name of Mr Paine, with -three copies of a late work of his addressed to the Abbé +three copies of a late work of his addressed to the Abbé Raynal, in which he takes notice of some of the many -errors with which his work abounds. The Abbé has a +errors with which his work abounds. The Abbé has a fine imagination, and he indulges it. The enclosed resolution contains an important fact, which I am using means<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> to ascertain; but from the ill success I have hitherto met @@ -2732,7 +2689,7 @@ any difficulty should arise, I shall take the advice of my colleagues.</p> <p>I thank you for the copies of Mr Paine's letter to the -Abbé Raynal, which I have distributed to good hands.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> +Abbé Raynal, which I have distributed to good hands.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> The errors we see in histories of our times and affairs weaken our faith in ancient history. M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil has here written another history of our revolution, @@ -2898,7 +2855,7 @@ to the interests of France; and no peace is to take place between us and England, till you have concluded yours. Your observation is, however, apparently just, that in not consulting you before they were signed, we have been guilty -of neglecting a point of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">bienséance</i>. But as this was not +of neglecting a point of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">bienséance</i>. But as this was not from want of respect for the King, whom we all love and honor, we hope it will be excused, and that the great work, which has hitherto been so happily conducted, is so @@ -5964,7 +5921,7 @@ be paid by the Court, or Republic, that demands his friendship. In a few days I intend to set out for Madrid, where I will remain till I receive your Excellency's answer to this letter, directed to William Carmichael, the United -States Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Spain, who, I +States Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Spain, who, I make no doubt, will receive orders to supply me with the money I may want on the occasion.</p> @@ -6185,7 +6142,7 @@ and is expected here this week, so that I may possibly send that also by this conveyance. You will have seen by my letter to the Danish Prime Minister, that I did not forget the affair of the prizes. What I then wrote, -produced a verbal offer made me here, of £10,000 sterling, +produced a verbal offer made me here, of £10,000 sterling, proposed to be given by his Majesty to the captors, if I would accept it as a full discharge of our demand. I could not do this, I said, because it was not more than a fifth @@ -6788,7 +6745,7 @@ Apostolical Vicar, resident in London. It is well known that this arrangement can no longer exist; but as it is essential that the Catholic subjects of the United States should have an ecclesiastic to govern them in their religious -concerns, the congregation <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">de Propagandâ Fide</i> +concerns, the congregation <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">de Propagandâ Fide</i> existing at Rome for the establishment and conservation of missions, has come to the determination of proposing to Congress to establish, in some city of the United States of @@ -9163,7 +9120,7 @@ my little friend, whose singular attachment to me I shall always remember.</p> <p>I shall be glad to render any acceptable service to Mr -Randall. I conveyed the bayberry wax to Abbé de Chalut, +Randall. I conveyed the bayberry wax to Abbé de Chalut, with your compliments, as you desired. He returns his with many thanks. Be pleased to make my respectful compliments acceptable to Mrs Jay, and believe me @@ -9252,7 +9209,7 @@ Passy, June 19th, 1785.</p> <p class="letter_open">Sir, </p> -<p>With respect to my continuing to charge £2500 sterling +<p>With respect to my continuing to charge £2500 sterling per annum as my salary, of which you desire some explanation, I send you, in support of that charge, the resolution of Congress, which is in these words.</p> @@ -9274,11 +9231,11 @@ nor myself has received notice of any change respecting<span class="pagenum"><a me. He has accordingly, since the drawing ceased, continued to pay me at the same rate. I have, indeed, heard that a resolution was passed last year, that the salaries of -Plenipotentiaries should be no more than £2000 sterling +Plenipotentiaries should be no more than £2000 sterling per annum. But the resolution, I suppose, can relate only to such Plenipotentiaries as should be afterwards appointed; for I cannot conceive that the Congress, after -promising a Minister £2500 a year, and when he has +promising a Minister £2500 a year, and when he has thereby been encouraged to engage in a way of living for their honor, which only that salary can support, would think it just to diminish it a fifth, and leave him under the @@ -9654,7 +9611,7 @@ banker was not charged before with our affairs.</p> <p>By the Minister's reserve in refusing him a copy of the receipt, I conjecture it must be money advanced for our use, -to M. de Beaumarchais, and that it is a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Mystère du Cabinet</i>, +to M. de Beaumarchais, and that it is a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Mystère du Cabinet</i>, which perhaps should not be further inquired into, unless necessary to guard against more demands than may be just from that agent; for it may well be supposed, that if @@ -12383,13 +12340,13 @@ years, and seven lottery tickets for every thousand pounds.</p> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">100 3 per cent,</td><td align="right">£61 00 00</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">£3 15s. annuity for twentynine years, at twelve years' purchase,</td><td align="right">45 00 00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">100 3 per cent,</td><td align="right">£61 00 00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">£3 15s. annuity for twentynine years, at twelve years' purchase,</td><td align="right">45 00 00</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Two fifths of a year's interest and annuity, gained by both beginning from the 5th of January,</td></tr> <tr><td align="left"> although the money is paid monthly, and not ended until December,</td><td align="right">2 14 00</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">£3 premium of seven lottery tickets for each £1000, gives for each hundred,</td><td align="right">2 2 00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">£3 premium of seven lottery tickets for each £1000, gives for each hundred,</td><td align="right">2 2 00</td></tr> <tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="right">________</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">For each £100 paid, there is received</td><td align="right">£110 16 00</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">For each £100 paid, there is received</td><td align="right">£110 16 00</td></tr> </table></div> <p>This statement for the first year is pretty accurate. @@ -12667,7 +12624,7 @@ perhaps still more famous as first President of the Court of Aids and as a Minister of State, a brother to the Count de la Luzerne, and of the Bishop of Sangres, one of the three Dukes and Peers who had the honor to assist in the consecration -of the King, a near relation of the Marcéhal de +of the King, a near relation of the Marcéhal de Broglie and the Count his brother, and of many other important personages in that country. Nor is his personal character less respectable than his connexions, as he is @@ -13427,9 +13384,9 @@ lost.</p> <p>The last year and the year before the English carried on this fishery to very great advantage, off the river Plate -in South America, in the latitude of 35° south, and from -thence to 40°, just on the edge of soundings, off and on, as -the sailors express it, and about longitude 65° from London. +in South America, in the latitude of 35° south, and from +thence to 40°, just on the edge of soundings, off and on, as +the sailors express it, and about longitude 65° from London. They had about seventeen vessels in this fishery, which all sailed from London in the months of September and October. All the officers and men Americans from Nantucket @@ -14046,7 +14003,7 @@ since my arrival in this place, both by the Spanish and French officers, particularly by the Spanish Lieutenant General of Marine, Don Joseph St Vincent, who is commander in chief of the marine, by M. de Sade, the -French <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Chef d'Escadré</i>, and by the French consul and +French <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Chef d'Escadré</i>, and by the French consul and vice consul, who have all obligingly offered me every assistance in their power.</p> @@ -14156,7 +14113,7 @@ has been spread in Europe, that the Court of Russia is about to undertake the office of mediator between the belligerent powers. But from conversation with several persons of distinction since my arrival in Spain, particularly -with the Count de Sade, the Chef d'Escadré, commanding +with the Count de Sade, the Chef d'Escadré, commanding the French men of war now in Ferrol, I am persuaded, that if Russia has any thoughts of a mediation, the independence of the United States will be insisted @@ -14347,7 +14304,7 @@ this province has very little but what is passive. It receives from abroad some objects of daily consumption, some of luxury, some of convenience, and some even of the first necessity. At present it offers little for exportation -to foreign countries. The Sardiné of its coast, the +to foreign countries. The Sardiné of its coast, the famous fish which it furnishes to all Spain, the cattle which it fattens for the provision of Madrid, and a few coarse linens which are its only manufacture, and are well esteemed, are @@ -15421,7 +15378,7 @@ weekly publication of very ancient origin, and is become lately very interesting to America, because those political intelligences and speculations, which were formerly published in another pamphlet, under the title of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Affaires de l'Angleterre -et de l'Amérique</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_383" id="Page_383">[383]</a></span> are now published in this, the +et de l'Amérique</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_383" id="Page_383">[383]</a></span> are now published in this, the other having been dropped. The <cite>Courrier de l'Europe</cite> has the most extensive circulation of any gazette, although supposed to be rather too much under the influence of the @@ -15515,13 +15472,13 @@ seas. They have been, and are making great preparations accordingly, and are determined to maintain a clear superiority.</p> <p>M. de la Motte Piquet has with him the Hannibal, the -Magnifique, the Diadème, the Dauphin Royal, the Artisane, -the Réfléchi, and the Vengeur, and if M. de Grace +Magnifique, the Diadème, the Dauphin Royal, the Artisane, +the Réfléchi, and the Vengeur, and if M. de Grace has joined him from the Chesapeake Bay, the Robuste, the Fendant, and the Sphinx; in all ten ships of the line. M. de Guichen has gone to join him with the Couronne, eighty guns, the Triumphant, eighty; the Palmier, the -Victoire, the Destin, the Conquérant, the Citoyen, the Intrépide, +Victoire, the Destin, the Conquérant, the Citoyen, the Intrépide, the Hercule, and the Souverain, all of seventyfour; the Jason, the Actionnaire, the Caton, the Julien, the Solitaire, the St Michael, and the Triton, all of sixtyfour; @@ -16036,12 +15993,12 @@ manner as to make but one whole, I beg leave to lay before Congress in one view, the French force that is intended to be in that service.</p> -<p>There are actually at Cape François, the Touant of +<p>There are actually at Cape François, the Touant of eightyfour guns, the Robuste, and the Fendant, of seventyfour, the Sphinx of sixtyfour, and the Amphion of fifty, in all five. At Martinique, the Admirable, the Magnifique, -the Dauphin Royal, and the Diadème, of seventyfour; -the Réfléchi, the Vengeur, the Artisane, of sixtyfour, and +the Dauphin Royal, and the Diadème, of seventyfour; +the Réfléchi, the Vengeur, the Artisane, of sixtyfour, and the Fiers of fifty. In all eight, making in the whole thirteen ships of the line, reckoning as such two fiftys. If the Count de Guichen should happily arrive, he has seventeen, @@ -16054,7 +16011,7 @@ M. de Vaudreuil; the Eveille of sixtyfour, M. de Trobuiand; the Jason of sixtyfour, M. de Marigny. With this fleet the troops are to be embarked, and there are many conjectures, that it is intended for North America. The -Languedoc, the Cæsar, the Provence, and the Fantasque, +Languedoc, the Cæsar, the Provence, and the Fantasque, of the fleet of the Count d'Estaing, are careened and refitted, and the Royal Louis of one hundred and ten guns, the Northumberland, and the Astrea are to be launched @@ -16328,7 +16285,7 @@ incidents for the English, which have been published here in about the course of three months, that I have been in Europe. The little affair of Omoa began it, the repulse at Savannah succeeded, with all its consequences, the -Curraçoa fleet was next, Langara's fleet soon followed; +Curraçoa fleet was next, Langara's fleet soon followed; Gibraltar was relieved; Don Gaston's squadron was dispersed by a storm; and Admiral Rodney had opportunity to get safe out of Gibraltar. The French East India fleet @@ -16673,7 +16630,7 @@ to transmit as early as possible.</p> <p>I have received an account at length, both by the Gazette Extraordinary, and by letter from London, that Admiral Digby is returned with the fleet and Spanish prizes -from Gibraltar, and brought in with him the Protée, a +from Gibraltar, and brought in with him the Protée, a French sixtyfour gun ship, and three small store ships, part of a fleet bound from L'Orient to the East Indies. The sixtyfour gun ship had about sixtythree thousand pounds in @@ -16820,7 +16777,7 @@ destination is supposed to be North America.</p> <p>The armament preparing at Brest, is thus described in one of the public papers. The Count du Chaffault de -Besné, Lieutenant General of the naval forces in France, +Besné, Lieutenant General of the naval forces in France, has taken leave of the King, being presented to his Majesty by M. de Sartine. The report runs, that orders have been sent on the 29th of February, for the officers @@ -16837,7 +16794,7 @@ Colonel Commandant, the Viscount de Custine, and in second, the Marquis du Ludec; <em>Royal Corse</em>, Colonel Commandant, the Marquis du Luc, and in second, the Count of Pontevez; <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Royal Deux Ponts</i>, Colonel -Commandant, the Count aux Ponts; <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Saintongé</i>, Colonel +Commandant, the Count aux Ponts; <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Saintongé</i>, Colonel Commandant, the Viscount de Beranger, and in second, the Marquis de Themines. It is asserted, that there will<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_419" id="Page_419">[419]</a></span> be added a detachment of artillery, and that the Baron de @@ -16847,7 +16804,7 @@ Duc de Lazun will have the command of a body of twelve hundred volunteers, and be joined to the armament under the Count de Rochambeau. All these troops, as it is believed, will embark at Brest, and go out under the -convoy of the Count du Chaffault de Besné.</p> +convoy of the Count du Chaffault de Besné.</p> <p>They add, that he will have more than thirtyseven ships of the line under his command, destined for an expedition, @@ -16857,7 +16814,7 @@ upon the seacoast, and there are many vessels taken upon freight for the service of the King, in the different ports of the kingdom. The freight at Havre is thirty livres a ton, on condition that the owner furnish his vessel for twelve -months. They say the Prince de Condé will go and +months. They say the Prince de Condé will go and command upon the coast of Brittany with the Count de Vaux.</p> @@ -17480,7 +17437,7 @@ should request the protection of France and Spain, or the United States. I will take the first opportunity to write upon the subject of Lord North's loan, which, together with the other ways and means, amounts to the -amazing sum of £20,674,000 sterling.</p> +amazing sum of £20,674,000 sterling.</p> <p> I have the honor to be, &c.</p> @@ -17741,7 +17698,7 @@ and this freedom of navigation and commerce shall extend to all sorts of merchandise, excepting contraband goods. That this term of contraband goods, is to be understood to comprehend all sorts of fire arms, their appurtenances, and -all other utensils of war called in French, "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">servans à +all other utensils of war called in French, "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">servans à l'usage de la guerre</i>," and that under this head of contraband goods, these following shall not be comprehended; corn, wheat, or other grain, pulse, oils, wine, salt, or generally @@ -20006,7 +19963,7 @@ of wool in that city, and in St Ildephonso, and other places. His Majesty has assigned rewards for men and women, who shall distinguish themselves in this kind of labor. This measure cannot fail to establish the royal -manufacture of fine cloth, which the Marquis of Enseñada +manufacture of fine cloth, which the Marquis of Enseñada had already erected at Segovia, and which had fallen into decay with the favor of that Minister."</p> @@ -20586,384 +20543,6 @@ to the Commissioners without delay." <p>The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Diplomatic Correspondence of the -American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12), by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, VOL IV *** - -***** This file should be named 41640-h.htm or 41640-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/1/6/4/41640/ - -Produced by Frank van Drogen, Julia Neufeld and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at -http://gallica.bnf.fr) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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