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Dana, Francis (lawyer and diplomat)
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Letters45
From Mass. Council (1780)1
From William Gordon (1780)1
JQA visits in Cambridge25
appointed minister to Russia18
JQA accompanies to Russia9
accompanies JA on second mission to Europe5
as delegate to the congress5
accepts bills drawn on JA4
accompanies JA as secretary to peace mission4
as judge of Supreme Judicial Court4
carries dispatches to Amsterdam4
on military and naval affairs4
proposed as delegate to congress4
Tyler's law clerkship with4
and election to Mass. Council3
and JA's effort to raise loan3
authorized to accede to armed neutrality3
Congress accepts resignation as envoy to Russia3
contemplates return to U.S.3
exchanges with Verac about mission to Russia3
French views of Russian mission3
JQA serves as secretary in Russia3
JQA to send account of expenses to3
Royall Tyler studies law with3
secretary to 2d joint peace commission3
sends JA exchanges on mediation3
wants portrait of Washington3
wife wishes to hear from3
AA recommends as delegate to Continental Congress2
alternates to, as JA's secretary2
and Annapolis Convention2
and election of Commissioners (1777)2
and Gordon-Hamilton controversy2
and JQA's studies in St. Petersburg2
and JQA's trip from Russia to the Netherlands2
and Landais' seizure of Alliance
2
appointed to raise loan for Mass.2
asks Jenings to serve as secretary2
congressional authorization for payment of secretary2
destruction of property in Cambridge2
JA recommends to Congress2
journey across northern Spain with Adamses2
route followed to St. Petersburg2
seeks advice regarding mission to Russia2
seeks recognition of U.S. from Russia2
social life, &c., in St. Petersburg2
accompanies JA to Paris (1780)1
analyzes Yorke's memorial of 10 Nov. 17801
and instructions on peace negotiations1
and JQA's leaving Russia1
and Rome-Moffatt letters1
and Thoughts on Government
1
appointed to raise Dutch loan1
asks Thaxter to buy secretaire1
as source of intelligence from St. Petersburg1
authority to accept bills drawn on Laurens1
authorized to raise Mass. loan in Europe1
committee report on letters from1
confidence in JQA displayed1
congressional resolution on salary1
Congress prohibits presenting credentials1
copy of Dutch Treaty requested1
copy of Preliminary Treaty sent to1
counsel for defendant in Mary Christopher case1
dines with Arnoux and Chalut1
diplomatic post in St. Petersburg1
elected delegate to Continental Congress (1776)1
elected to Continental Congress1
expenses in Russia approved by Congress1
items wanted from Netherlands1
JA on commission of, to treat with neutral powers1
JA recommends newspaper article to1
journey to Continental Congress (1777)1
JQA translates German for1
learns of fall of North ministry1
learns of joint peace commission1
letter from JA listed (1777)1
letter to JA listed (1782)1
Mass. delegate to Continental Congress1
member of Committee for Promoting Agriculture1
mission to Russia thwarted by diplomatic moves of Catherine II1
on appointment of J. Laurens1
on impossibility of reconciliation with Britain1
on instituting new government1
on Mass. Constitution of 17801
on proposal to have individual states participate in peace conference1
on reception of JA's intercepted letters in England1
on U.S. military situation1
powers to treat with Denmark1
proposes route for JQA's return to Netherlands1
quotes from letters to JA1
reservations on becoming JA's secretary1
return trip to Amsterdam1
rupture with Gerry over ratification of Constitution1
secretary to 2d joint commission1
sees Mansfield's departure from England as sign of peace1
sends translation of Pensées to JA1
settlement of accounts with Congress for Russian mission1
to attend investiture of Ordre du St. Esprit1
wants maps of Low Countries1