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AFC02
EJA01
35
PJA11
DCA01
343
DCA03
120*
121*
187*
DCA04
22*
79*
345*
380*

relations with U.S.44

relations with the Netherlands39

proposed alliance between U.S., Netherlands, and29

war with Great Britain24

JA on relations with U.S.20

trade with U.S.16

AFC07
21
PJA08

and separate Anglo-American peace15

relations with Austria15

PJA08
PJA10
PJA11

alliance with U.S. and Netherlands proposed13

and armed neutrality13

PJA10

military supplies from13

and Netherlands12

and peace negotiations12

capture of British possessions12

guarantee of Dutch loan to U.S.12

recognition of and support for Amer. independence12

PJA10
9
86
346

subsidies and loans to the U.S.12

PJA06

and treaty with America11

comments on social customs and people of11

proposed alliance between Netherlands and11

Treaty of Versailles (1783)11

AFC06

ability to sustain war effort10

PJA09
PJA10

Amer. trade with10

and Anglo-Amer. peace negotiations10

financial assistance to U.S.10

foreign relations of10

DJA01
DJA02
DJA04
242

Franco-American trade10

PJA10

prizes and prisoners in10

and Congress' revaluation of currency9

JA's comments on extravagance and immorality in9

DJA02
DJA03
137

and fishing rights8

PJA08

and war with England8

as source of loans or subsidies to U.S.8

commercial treaty between Britain and8

debate over French aid and Amer. obligations8

PJA10
17
28

finances of8

policy toward U.S. boundaries and Canada8

sends munitions and other military supplies to America8

Spanish mediation of war with England8

PJA07
PJA08

West Indies as objective of8

and subsidiary treaties7

PJA09

Anglo-French war7

Brit. recognition of U.S. and7

commercial and maritime problems in ports of7

European balance of power and7

influence on U.S. policy7

AFC05
AFC06

law regarding recapture7

PJA07

plan with Spain to invade England7

PJA07
293
PJA08

relations with Russia7

PJA07
234

spoliation claims controversy7

DCA06
73-88 passim *
93*
111*
186-187*
292*
314*
331-333*

to govern joint commission to negotiate Anglo-Amer. peace7

trade and commerce with7

and JA's diplomacy in Netherlands6

Armed Neutrality and6

comments on theater in6

AFC05
448

conduct and settlement of Anglo-Dutch war6

PJA12

effect of Yorktown on Franco-Amer. relations6

focus of military operations6

independent U.S. foreign policy opposed by6

loans and subsidies for U.S.6

PJA08
278

peace commissioners instructed to defer to6

PJA13

policy toward Netherlands6

PJA12

prewar neutrality of6

PJA05
PJA06

relations with and policy toward U.S.6

PJA12

shifts in government6

DCA03
313*
314*
318*
357*
392*
DCA04
332*

trade in6

AFC07

treaty plan provisions covering possible war of, with England6

AA on5

AFC07

and European balance of power5

and Spanish entry into the war5

PJA07
197
PJA08

and War of the Bavarian Succession5

PJA07
PJA08

compared to England5

AFC06

customs agents and duties in5

AFC05
482
AFC06

dominant influence exerted on American policy5

efforts to sell whale oil in5

Farmers General imports tobacco5

PJA07
PJA08
72

Franco-Dutch trade5

PJA09
PJA10

incentives to continue war with Britain5

JA on French manners, morals, and institutions5

possibility of Anglo-Dutch alliance against5

regulation on prizes and prisoners5

PJA07

relations with Great Britain5

relations with Portugal5

PJA09
PJA10

relations with Prussia5

PJA07
234
PJA08

and Amer. finances4

AFC05
AFC06

and Anglo-Spanish negotiations4

PJA09
PJA10

and Carlisle Peace Commission's Manifesto4

and compensation for loss of Amer. ships4

PJA10

and Izard's property captured on Nile 4

and Spain4

PJA05
137
PJA06

and status of Amer. warships in ports of4

PJA06

British efforts to split U.S. from4

called on to retaliate if British intensify war4

control of the sea as object of war with England4

PJA08

embassy at The Hague4

English criticism of4

AFC05
366
AFC06

government reportedly favors Franklin over JA4

PJA12

JA on attachment to Amer. cause of4

PJA06

JA on dealing with4

PJA09
PJA10
49

opposes British maritime supremacy4

PJA10
151

possible trade with4

PJA03
245
PJA04

prepares to send Ternay's fleet and Rochambeau's army to America4

PJA08

proposed alliance with Netherlands4

PJA11

relations between Commissioners and government of4

PJA08

trade in sugar and whale oil in4

AFC07

alliance with America and Netherlands in negotiation3

AFC04

and aid to U.S. prior to outbreak of war with England3

PJA07
PJA08
47
55

and Anglo-American truce3

PJA09

and compensation for loss of Fair Play at Guadaloupe3

PJA08

and depreciated Amer. currency3

PJA07

and Gillon's efforts to obtain ships for S.C. navy3

and interception of correspondence3

PJA06
69
71
84

and John Law's “System”3

AFC06
26
28
DCA08
286*

and Maine lands3

PJA02
37
38
53

and privateering3

PJA07

and publication of Affaires de l'Angleterre 3

PJA06

and recognition of U.S.3

PJA11

and Sardinian mediation efforts3

PJA09
145
PJA10
83
86

and War for Bavarian Succession3

PJA06

Assembly of Notables3

AFC07

benefits from support of U.S.3

PJA11

borrows money in Netherlands3

PJA13
3
49
66

British popular support for war with3

PJA09
PJA10
347

Brit. proposals for Anglo-Amer. peace and3

PJA13

compared to Britain3

PJA12

court of3

AFC07
PJA07

criticism of naval aid to U.S.3

PJA11

description of3

Dutch to seek aid in defending possessions3

PJA11

efforts to limit Amer. peace ultimata3

PJA07
PJA08

entry of printed material into3

PJA09

European support for policies of3

PJA09

fashions in3

DJA03
37
51
53

governmental expenditures of3

PJA13

government of3

DJA01
281
DJA02

government's failure to share intelligence3

PJA09
PJA10
404

guarantees Amer. loan in Netherlands3

PJA13

JA appointed Joint Commissioner to3

LJA01
LJA02
368

JA criticizes policies of3

PJA11

JA on3

PJA13

JA's arrival in3

PJA09

JA succumbs to3

AFC03

observations by Americans on people and government of3

PJA06

politics of3

AFC07

pressures Great Britain into negotiating commercial treaty3

AFC06

proposed Franco-Russian commercial treaty3

PJA13

recognition of U.S.3

PJA13

relationship with, in treaty plan3

PJA04

relations with Britain3

AFC07
PJA13
401

relations with Spain3

Russian effort to mediate Anglo-French war3

PJA07
PJA08
352

servants in3

AFC06
25

trade of3

PJA07
PJA08

and Amer. colonies.2

DJA01
16
DJA02
193

and appointment of “advocate general” in U.S.2

PJA09

and Barbary States2

PJA07
87
88

and controversy over JA's salary2

AFC07

and demolition of barrier fortresses2

PJA12

and growth of Amer. power2

PJA09

and naval stores2

PJA11

and peace with England2

PJA11

and recognition of Amer. independence2

PJA07

and separate peace2

PJA08
11
34

and West India trade2

DJA02
DJA03
139

Anglo-Dutch peace negotiations and2

PJA13

Anglo-French war to be prosecuted in America2

PJA10

appointment of Amer. consul in2

PJA09
PJA10

as source of intelligence2

PJA13

Austro-Russian mediation and2

PJA13

borrows in Europe2

PJA07

Boylston claim against2

DCA03
13*
131*

British raids on coast of (1758)2

PJA10

comments on politics of2

AFC05

comments on travel in2

AFC05
436
AFC06

criticism of JA in2

AFC05

defeats Pascal Paoli2

PJA01

during French and Indian War2

Dutch recognition of U.S. and2

PJA13

étrennes demanded in2

AFC06

expected response of, to a declaration of independence2

PJA04

Family Compact with Spain2

PJA09
362
PJA10
77

finances2

PJA06
7
327

French and Indian War and2

PJA01

Geneva and2

PJA13
82
84

healthier than Netherlands2

PJA13

influence on Spain2

PJA13

in political cartoons2

PJA01
xii
PJA02
vii

interest rate2

PJA13

JA lacks diplomatic status in2

PJA09

JA owed debt for furthering interests of in Netherlands2

PJA13

JA resolves to go to2

Jefferson travels to south of2

AFC07

Livingston as partisan of2

PJA13

loyalists and2

PJA07

lumber trade with U.S.2

AFC05
484
AFC06
89

manifesto justifying war with Britain2

PJA08

manufacturing rivalry with Britain2

PJA09

mediates between Austria and the Netherlands2

AFC05

naval and merchant marine customs of2

DQA01

Newfoundland fisheries and2

PJA13

newspaper censorship in2

notified of U.S. accession to armed neutrality2

PJA11

on Austro-Russian mediation and JA2

PJA11

on loans from private and other sources for United States2

opposes JA's negotiation of European treaty2

AFC05

packet service to U.S.2

DQA01

people characterized2

DQA01
331
DQA02
113

pleasure is the business of2

AFC05
446
AFC06
30

poetry, history, and oratory of2

EJA01
76
77

policy toward Dana mission2

PJA11

possible separate peace and2

PJA13

relations with Ottoman Empire2

PJA08

rumored to have pensioned Hancock, Cooper, and Sullivan2

AFC05

Sartine removed as naval minister2

PJA10

Spanish ambassadors to2

AFC07

terms for Anglo-French peace2

PJA12

U.S. as market for manufactures of2

PJA09

use of English language in2

PJA09
321
PJA10
171

visits by naval officers of2

DQA02

West Indies and2

PJA13

18th-century society1

DCA06
109*

AA hears of JA's arrival in1

AFC03

accomplishments and learning among women1

AFC03
17

achievements of Louis XVI in1

DJA04

“a Country grown old in Debauchery and lewdeness”1

AFC06
58

admiralty office1

DJA04
167

aid to U.S. as drain on resources of1

PJA08
119

allies of1

PJA13
151

ambassador to, rejected (1775)1

PJA04
373

American claims against, from Napoleonic wars1

DCA02
342

Amer. prisoners escape to1

PJA12
154

and Anglo-French naval rivalry1

PJA09

and Austro-Russian mediation of war with Great Britain1

AFC05
123

and ballooning1

DQA01
194

and British efforts to hire neutral vessels1

PJA12
326

and British loans1

PJA11
261

and capture of St. Eustatius1

PJA11
340

and carrying trade1

AFC07
117

and death of Louis XV1

PJA02
116

and expedition to Northwest coast of N. America1

AFC06
389

and Franco-Dutch war (1747)1

PJA11
17

and Jethro Tull1

PJA02
205

and love of monarchy1

PJA01
63

and Martinique1

LJA01
198

and Seven Years War1

AFC05
8

and Silas Deane1

PJA06
11

and tobacco trade1

DJA02
190

anecdote about Frenchmen1

AFC06
1

Anglo-French commercial rivalry1

PJA09

appeals to royal council of1

PJA12
317

appeal to Congress on behalf of Asgill1

PJA13
85

as source of arms for uprising in England1

PJA09

Barclay appointed consul to1

PJA12
73

bill purchased on1

DCA07
90*

bills of exchange and1

PJA13

books on French history and law1

DJA02

bribes Brit. officials1

AFC07
362

Britain's reported differentiation between French and U.S. ships1

PJA12

British possessions in captured by Charles VII1

PJA08
50

British spies in1

DJA04
72

British take possessions in India1

PJA11
149

Brit. use prizes taken from during war1

AFC07
240

bureau d'entrepôt1

DJA04
159

Catholicism of1

PJA13
451

Chamber of Deputies1

DCA06
83*

chaotic state of the French treasury1

AFC02

characteristics of people and literature1

DCA07
369*

code name1

PJA11
480

commerce with U.S. promoted1

AFC06
141

compared to America1

AFC06
79

compared with America1

PJA06

concludes treaty with Netherlands1

AFC06
467

condition of working class in1

AFC06
332

consequences of British victory for1

PJA11

Constitutional Assembly of 17891

DJA04
85

consular convention with U.S.1

AFC05
477

control over JA's actions in negotiating ceded to1

AFC04
164

cost of living in1

AFC05
441

current literary taste1

DCA05
333*

Deane and Bancroft express anti-U.S. sentiments in1

PJA12
268

demolition of barrier fortresses and1

PJA13
419

desire for peace1

PJA13
160

diplomatic ceremony in1

PJA09
24

diplomatic representation in U.S.1

AFC06

discipline in army of1

DJA03
446

draft Franco-Amer. consular convention1

PJA13

Dutch climate compared with1

PJA10
74

East Indies and1

PJA13
430

effect of intervention in Amer. Revolution1

PJA09

effect of successes on Dutch1

PJA11
319

effect of U.S., independence in1

PJA11

European reaction to excesses of Louis XIV1

PJA08
109

exchange rate for livre tournois1

PJA13
166

excisemen expect bribes1

DQA01

fashion of1

AFC07
311

financial crisis of1

AFC07
469

Fox's view of1

PJA13
182

Franklin as minister to1

PJA12
362

Franklin on1

PJA11
285

Freemasonry1

DCA05
253*

George III attacks unprovoked entry into war1

PJA07
235

guarantees U.S. loan in Netherlands1

PJA11
296

has “passed the Zenith of its Virtue”1

AFC06
166

holidays in1

AFC07
168

homes and furnishings of1

AFC07
178

hostility to expansion of trade at Ostend1

PJA08

Huguenot-Catholic struggles1

DCA07
159*

importance of honor in1

AFC05
103

influence on Russia1

PJA11
62

intercedes on behalf of Ryan and McCarty1

PJA12
380

Isaac Smith Jr. on political situation in1

AFC01

JA admires learned societies in1

PJA08
270

JA appointed commissioner at court of1

AFC07
199

JA considers stronger than Britain1

PJA07
413

JA in1

AFC07
302

JA on American relations with1

AFC03
138

JA on anti-British feeling in1

AFC02
227

JA on outbreak of war with England1

PJA07
412

JA on reunification of U.S. and Britain leading to war with1

AFC07
206

JA promises to inform of any British peace proposals1

PJA08
321

JA's commission and instructions to conclude alliance between U.S., Netherlands, and1

PJA11

JA's lack of official standing in1

PJA08
321

Jefferson appointed consul to1

AFC07
152

Jefferson appointed minister to1

AFC05

J. Laurens allegedly gives offense to1

PJA12
256

J. Laurens seeks to raise loan in1

PJA11

John Laurens named special envoy to1

AFC04
63

JQA on shape of women in1

AFC07
436

JQA on threat of war with1

DCA06
399*

lack of news in midst of war with England1

PJA07
98

Lafayette on nobles of1

DQA01

living style of ambassadors to1

DQA01
224

martial law in1

PJA01
86

Mass. Constitution of 1780 printed in1

PJA08
236

merchant fleet returns from West Indies1

PJA12
350

Ministry of War1

DJA04
80

naval assistance for American republic1

PJA02
179

naval officers honor U.S.1

DQA01
12

Necker raises loan for1

PJA10
294

news of Yorktown arrives1

PJA12
79

New Year's celebration at Court1

AFC06

nobility in1

PJA06
341

notified of ratification of Arts. of Confederation1

PJA11
432

occupation of Netherlands1

PJA13
21

only nation represented by an ambassador in London1

AFC06
207

opposes U.S. on western lands and fisheries1

AFC05
90

opposition to in Netherlands1

PJA13

pamphlet on taxes in1

PJA12

payment of loans to1

AFC07
334

plants from1

DCA08
208*

policy toward neutral property on enemy ships1

PJA13
146

political factions in1

DJA04
144

portions of R.I. reportedly ceded to1

PJA10
321

position in Europe vis-à-vis Great Britain1

PJA07
197

position on internal strife in Netherlands1

DQA02
289

post book for1

DQA01
270

prepares for war1

PJA08
91

prize courts under laws of1

PJA13
169

prohibits importation of Brit. manufactures1

PJA13
437

prohibits Raynal's Histoire in1

PJA12
x

protests drafts of Bank of U.S.1

DCA08
307*

Prussia has no minister in1

AFC07
306

quadruple alliance proposed1

AFC04
272

qualities of women1

DCA06
163*

quasi-war of 17981

DCA02
138

rejects plan for attack on Canada with U.S.1

PJA07
423

relations with Sweden1

PJA13
475

relations with U.S. during JA's presidency1

DCA04
55*

religion1

DCA05
358*

religious and political situation in1

AFC06

reportedly sends supplies and money to Irish dissidents1

PJA08
298

Revolutionary Army of1

AFC07
333

Revolution of 17891

DCA07
194*

Revolution of 18301

DCA06
407*

rise of influence in Germany1

PJA08
115

Roman Catholicism of1

PJA06
348

royal birth customs in1

DQA01

royalists1

DCA06
167*

rumored alteration in government of1

PJA04
471

rumored sale of Corsica by1

PJA12
67

Russian Anglomanes' view of situation of1

PJA13
140

sale of Amer. masts to1

PJA12
8

S. Cooper subsidized by1

PJA13
453

sends arms and clothing for Continental Army1

PJA08

shortage of cannon in1

PJA07
27

skeptical of unity of Amer. states1

AFC07
100

specie imported from1

PJA12
197

support of America predicted1

AFC02
366

tax burden of1

AFC07

threat to West Indian colonies of1

PJA12
303

titles of dignity in1

AFC03
300

treaty with, urged in Netherlands1

AFC04
139

troops from put down revolt in Geneva1

PJA12
49

unhappy with Dutch-American treaty (1782)1

AFC06
168

U.S. boundaries as contentious issue1

PJA11
377

U.S. may appoint minister to1

AFC05
233

U.S. repays from Dutch loans1

AFC06
43

vessel refuses to salute British warship1

AFC06
See also: Farmers General
See also: French Army
See also: French Navy
See also: French Revolution
See also: French language
See also: JA—Opinions
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