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قراءة كتاب The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12

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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12

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THE
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

VOL. XII.

THE

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION;

BEING

THE LETTERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SILAS DEANE, JOHN
ADAMS, JOHN JAY, ARTHUR LEE, WILLIAM LEE, RALPH
IZARD, FRANCIS DANA, WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, HENRY
LAURENS, JOHN LAURENS, M. DE LAFAYETTE, M.
DUMAS, AND OTHERS, CONCERNING THE FOREIGN
RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DURING
THE WHOLE REVOLUTION;

TOGETHER WITH

THE LETTERS IN REPLY FROM THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF
CONGRESS, AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

ALSO,
THE ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FRENCH MINISTERS,
GERARD AND LUZERNE, WITH CONGRESS.
————
Published under the Direction of the President of the United States, from
the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably
to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818.
————

EDITED
BY JARED SPARKS.
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VOL. XII.

BOSTON:
NATHAN HALE AND GRAY & BOWEN;
G. & C. & H. CARVILL, NEW YORK; P. THOMPSON, WASHINGTON.
————
1830.

Steam Power Press—W. L. Lewis' Print.
No. 6, Congress Street, Boston.

CONTENTS

OF THE
TWELFTH VOLUME.

———

ROBERT MORRIS'S CORRESPONDENCE,
CONTINUED.

————

To M. de la Luzerne. Office of Finance, November 3d, 1781, 3

   Little probability of being able to raise an adequate revenue.—The people are unaccustomed to taxation.—Large sums must be applied to extinguishing the public debt and calling in the depreciated paper currency.—France must be relied on to assist in this emergency.—Important advantages will result to France herself from this step.
To the President of Congress. Office of Finance, November 5th, 1781, 8

   Relative to the Acts of Congress for raising supplies.—Objections to certain clauses.—Final apportionment of the expenses between the States.
To M. de la Luzerne. Office of Finance, November 6th, 1781, 14

   Necessity of pecuniary aid from France.
To the Count de Rochambeau. Office of Finance, November 15th, 1781, 15

   Repayment of money advanced by the Court.—Congratulations on the success at Yorktown.
Circular to the Governors of the States. Office of Finance, November 17th, 1781, 16

   Transmitting Acts of Congress for raising supplies.
George Washington to Robert Morris. Mount Vernon, November 19th, 1781, 17

   Payment of the officers of the army.
To the Governor of Connecticut. Office of Finance, November 20th, 1781, 18

   Accounts between the State and the United States.—The moneys designed for the general service must be paid into the Continental treasury.
Report of a Letter to Don Bernardo de Galvez, made to Congress, November 21st, 1781, 20

   Settlement of accounts for sums advanced.
To M. de la Luzerne. Office of Finance, November 22d, 1781, 22

   Pecuniary aid promised by him.—Rate of exchange.—Statement of former grants of his Court.
To M. de la Luzerne. Office of Finance, November 26th, 1781, 26

   Answer to the Minister's assertion, that he is not authorised to make further drafts.—Moneys advanced to any particular State are not chargeable to the United States.
To B. Franklin. Office of Finance, November 27th, 1781, 27

   Requests him to communicate this letter to M. de Lafayette.—Confusion of the public accounts.—Account of his efforts to obtain supplies from the States.—Difficulties attending this attempt.—Causes of the difficulties.—Endeavors to settle past accounts, and to procure funds for the public debt.—Prospect as to future supplies in the United States.—Statement of the supplies already furnished by France.—Account of his correspondence with M. de la Luzerne on the drawing of bills by Mr Morris, and the amount due by the French Court.—Disposition of moneys remaining in Dr Franklin's hands.—Languor of the States in providing for the expenses of the war.—Necessity of further aid from France.
To the President of Congress. Office of Finance, November 29th, 1781, 57

   Enclosing a letter from Mr Jay, declaring his inability to meet the drafts made on him.
To Mr Grand. Office of Finance, Dec. 3d, 1781, 58

   Informs him of his intention of employing him as United States banker.
To M. Joly de Fleury. Philadelphia, December 3d, 1781, 60

   Importance of furnishing pecuniary aid to the United States.
To B. Franklin. Office of Finance, December 5th, 1781, 61

   Impolicy of the purchases in Holland.—Disposition of the loan, if obtained.—Disposition of the Americans towards the French.—Increasing demand for French goods.
To the Governor of New York. Office of Finance, December 11th, 1781, 63

   Supplies furnished by the State.
To the Governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Office of Finance, December 19th, 1781, 66

   Proposing a plan for the payment of the Southern army.—Necessity of a tax law by the States for effecting this purpose.—Answer to the objections against this measure.—Objections to measures compelling the receipt of the notes payable in taxes, and regulating prices.
To the Governor of Rhode Island. Office of Finance, December 29th, 1781, 72

   Necessity of continued activity on the part of the States.—Necessity of prompt compliance with the requisitions of Congress.
Circular to the Governors of the States. Office of Finance, January 3d, 1782, 74

   Negligence of certain States to lay the impost recommended by Congress.—Fatal effects of a derangement of the finances.
Circular to the Governors of the States. Office of Finance, January 8th, 1782, 76

   Establishment of the Bank of North America.—Advantages of the institution.
To the Governor of Rhode Island. Office of Finance, January 14th, 1782, 78

   Answer to the representations of the Assembly, of their inability to comply with the requisition of Congress.—Necessity of providing funds.—Insufficiency of specific supplies.—Rhode Island manufactures.
To the President of Congress. Office of Finance, January 15th, 1782, 81

   State of the currency.—Advantages of a general currency.—Use of metals as a circulating medium.—Silver the best money standard.—Utility of coinage.—The decimal ratio is the most convenient.—Plan of a metallic currency.
George Washington to Robert Morris. Philadelphia, January 25th, 1782, 95

   Proposes to send officers to the New England States, with representations of their deficiencies of troops.
To the President of Congress. Office of Finance, February 11th, 1782, 97

   Financial embarrassments.—Refusal of several States to comply with the requisitions of Congress.—No prospect of foreign aid.—Measures taken in the Department of Finance.—Advantages of prompt and vigorous measures in the field.—Necessity of requiring men and money from the States.—Proposes a series of resolutions, calculated to accomplish the desired object.—Superior advantages of Continental forces.
Circular to the Governors of the States. Office of Finance, February 15th, 1782, 110

   No further foreign aid is to be expected.—Necessity of establishing a public credit by proper funds.—Financial distresses.—Necessity of preparations for a new campaign.—Explanation of the system of raising supplies by contracts.—Statement of his proceedings on this system.—The public service interrupted by local and party dissension.—Exhortations to union, energy, and promptness of action.
To the President of Congress. Office of Finance, February 18th, 1782, 118

   Proposing the appointment of Commissioners for the settlement of the accounts of the Commissary, Quarter Master, Hospital, and the Marine.—Frauds in these departments.
Circular to the Governors of the States. Office of Finance, March 9th, 1782, 121

   Settlement of public accounts to 1782.
To Mr Grand, at Paris. Office of Finance, March 9th, 1782, 122

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