Produced by Frank van Drogen, Melissa McDaniel 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) THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. VOL. VII. 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. VOL. VII. 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 SEVENTH VOLUME. JOHN ADAMS'S CORRESPONDENCE, CONTINUED. Page. To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, December 14th, 1782, 3 The King of Sweden's compliment to the United States.--The signing of the preliminaries announced to Parliament.--Quotes a note from the Courier de l'Europe.--Requests leave to return. Robert R. Livingston to John Adams. Philadelphia, December 19th, 1782, 4 Mr Jefferson accepts his appointment.--Financial arrangements for raising a revenue. To Charles W. F. Dumas. Paris, January 1st, 1783, 6 M. Brantzen.--Conversation with Mr Oswald on freedom of navigation. To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, January 22d, 1783, 8 Preliminaries and armistice between England, and Spain, and France, signed and sealed.--Terms England offers to the Dutch. To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, January 23d, 1783, 10 Grounds of Mr Adams's opinions of European politics.--Mr Laurens's services.--The northern powers friendly to America.--America has suffered by reposing confidence in a certain minister. To C. W. F. Dumas. Paris, January 29th, 1783, 13 Proceedings of Congress in reference to the armed neutrality.--America is ready to accede to its principles. To Robert R. Livingston. Paris, February 5th, 1783, 14