Produced by Frank van Drogen, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the BibliothA"que nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. VOL. IX. 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. IX. 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 NINTH VOLUME. WILLIAM CARMICHAEL'S CORRESPONDENCE. Page. To the Committee of Secret Correspondence. Amsterdam, November 2d, 1776, 5 Sent by Mr Deane on a mission to Berlin.--Disposition of the Dutch.--Financial credit of the different powers.--Credit of the United States.--Plan for attacking the English coasts.--The conduct of Congress in relation to Portugal has made a favorable impression.--Offers of a House in Amsterdam to discount bills of Congress, drawn on certain conditions. To William Bingham, at Martinique. Paris, June 25th to July 6th, 1777, 14 Reasons for opening a correspondence with him.--Causes of the temporising policy of France.--The English loan completed at home.--Dispute between Spain and Portugal.--Warlike preparations of France and Spain. To the President of Congress. Yorktown, June 17th, 1778, 19 Receives information of his appointment as Secretary to the Commissioners. To the President of Congress. Off Reedy Island, November 25th, 1779, 19 Acknowledges the reception of certain resolutions of Congress. To the President of Congress. Martinique, December 27th, 1779, 20 Naval operations of the English and French in the West Indian Seas.