Requesting him to hoist the French flag.--Reasons for addressing to him the commission alluded to in a preceding letter. John Paul Jones to C. W. F. Dumas. Alliance, at Sea, December 27th, 1779, 403 Succeeds in getting to sea. To the Committee of Foreign Affairs. The Hague, December 30th, 1779, 404 Difficulties on account of the Alliance.--Desires to be formally named agent of Congress. B. Franklin to C. W. F. Dumas. Passy, January 27th, 1780, 405 Regrets his differences with the Ambassador. To the Committee of Foreign Affairs. The Hague, March 15th, 1780, 406 Transmits the plan of a treaty between the United States and Holland. To the President of Congress. The Hague, March 21st, 1780, 407 Enumeration of his services and sacrifices.--Inadequacy of his compensation.--Complains of William and Arthur Lee. B. Franklin to C. W. F. Dumas. Passy, March 29th, 1780, 412 Acknowledging the receipt of certain papers and requesting information. To the President of Congress. The Hague, April 13th, 1780, 413 Deliberations on the Russian Memorial to the States-General.--Resolutions in favor of unlimited convoys and declining succors to England, adopted by several Provinces.--Necessity of an American Minister in Holland. B. Franklin to C. W. F. Dumas. Passy, April 23d, 1780, 414 Receives visits from gentlemen from Holland, who desire information relative to the rumored treaty between Amsterdam and the United States. To the President of Congress. The Hague, May 21st, 1780, 416 Dissatisfaction of the northern powers with the conduct of England.--Address of Amsterdam to the States.--Claim of M. Van der Perre to a ship captured by Commodore Jones. John Adams to C. W. F. Dumas. Paris, June 6th, 1780, 417 Relative to a certain letter of General Clinton, suspected of being a forgery.--Duplicity of the British agents in America. Protest of the City of Amsterdam. Extracted from the Resolutions of the Council of that City of the 29th of June, 1780, and inserted in the Acts of the Provincial Assembly of Holland, at the Hague, July 1st, 1780, 419 Urging a connexion with the neutral powers. James Lovell to C. W. F. Dumas. Philadelphia, July 10th, 1780, 425 Services of M. Dumas.--Introduces Mr Searle. To the President of Congress. The Hague, July 15th, 1780, 426