Receives his credentials.--Presented to the King.--American prisoners in France released.--Captain Jones's squadron.--Exchange of prisoners with England.--American prisoners there committed for high treason.--Necker unfavorably disposed towards America.--Accounts of the Commissioners.--Difficulty of raising a loan.--Charges of William Lee and Ralph Izard.--Recommends the appointment of consuls.--Agents and applications of the separate States.--Barbary Powers.--Disposition of the French.--Preparations of Spain.--Preparations in France.--Opinion of the Howes, Cornwallis, &c. of the impracticability of the conquest of America. To James Lovell. Passy, June 2d, 1779, 95 Currency.--Charges of Mr Lee and Mr Izard.--Communication between Europe and America.--M. de la Luzerne. James Lovell to B. Franklin. Philadelphia, June 13th, 1779, 98 Enclosing a resolve relative to Beaumarchais's accounts. James Lovell to B. Franklin. Philadelphia, July 9th, 1779, 98 James Lovell to B. Franklin. Philadelphia, July 16th, 1779, 99 Burning of Fairfield.--Compensation of Ministers.--Forwards letters to the King of France.--Invoices of supplies desired. Instructions from Congress to B. Franklin. In Congress, August 14th, 1779, 101 Proposing the mutual guaranty of the fisheries by France and the United States. To the Marquis de Lafayette. Passy, August 24th, 1779, 104 Forwarding him a sword, in the name of the Congress. The Marquis de Lafayette to B. Franklin. Havre, August 29th, 1779, 104 Acknowledging the reception of the sword. To James Lovell. Passy, September 30th, 1779, 105 Supplies.--Receives nothing himself. To Mr Bridgen. Passy, October 2d, 1779, 106 Devices on coins. To John Jay, President of Congress. Passy, October 4th, 1779, 108 Beaumarchais's accounts.--Supplies.--M. Neufville's offers of a loan.--Demands of Mr Ross, Mr Izard, and Mr Lee.--Inactivity of the combined fleets.-- Relations of Holland and England.--Favorable disposition of Portugal.--Exchange of prisoners.-- Jones's cruise in the English waters.--Complaints of French officers returning from America.--Complaints against American cruisers.--Luxury of the Americans.--Monument to General Montgomery.--Supplies from Spain. To James Lovell. Passy, October 17th, 1779, 118 Jones's cruise.--Mr Lee and Mr Deane.--Prospect of peace.--Return of Commodore Jones.