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British policies and attitude toward31

and peace negotiations27

determination to continue the war27

trade with France27

comments on political, economic, and social conditions in20

and Anglo-American commercial treaty19

relations with Spain19

ability to sustain war effort18

admission to Armed Neutrality17

commercial and political relations with Netherlands16

and Treaty of Paris (1783)15

extent and future of Anglo-American trade15

negotiation of treaties with Barbary States15

independence and sovereignty of14

negotiation of and prospects for treaty with Britain14

support for war and independence in14

European interest in and support for independence13

free trade as policy of13

alliance proposed with France and Netherlands11

British determination to prosecute war against11

PJA09

fiscal policies11

DCA07
146*
242*
244*
256-257*
DCA08
85*
307*
308*
309*
310*
312*
376*

rise as economic and political power11

and Dutch-American trade10

PJA09
PJA10

credit of10

establishment of territory and boundaries10

PJA09

finances and taxation in10

relations with Barbary states10

Russian policy toward and recognition of10

and Europe9

PJA11

British recognition of9

PJA09

collapse of credit in Europe and the Netherlands9

economy of9

presidential election (1836)9

DCA06
27*
50*
208*
381*
DCA08
111*
114*
115*
116*
127-141 passim *

trade with West Indies9

PJA10
76

and European political situation8

Anglo-American reconciliation8

PJA10
6
vii

commercial and political relations with Spain8

PJA07

disputes with Britain over boundaries and frontier posts8

Dutch recognition of8

negotiation and signature of treaty with Portugal8

neutrality as policy of8

population of8

AFC07
126

relations with the Netherlands8

PJA09

boundaries of7

PJA11
PJA13

British refuse to surrender frontier posts to7

compared with Great Britain and Europe7

AFC05

desire for peace in7

PJA10
47
77

economic situation of7

European economy and civilization compared with7

military and political situation in7

natural enemy of Britain7

PJA10
175

negotiation of Anglo-American commercial treaty7

PJA10

referred to as colonies7

AA compares society and government of to Europe6

and reinforcement of French fleet in Amer. waters6

attitudes toward war and peace in6

Dutch history and society compared with6

expanding trade of6

PJA10

freedom of action and thought in6

issues remaining after Treaty of Paris6

AFC05
AFC06

JA negotiates and exchanges ratified treaty with Prussia6

AFC07

law regarding recaptures in6

military situation in6

PJA06
PJA13

national debt of6

PJA09
PJA10

need adequate funds for treaties with Barbary States6

AFC07

popular government in6

PJA10
220

recognition of by Armed Neutrality6

relations with Russia6

source of naval stores6

trade with Britain6

trade with England6

trade with Netherlands6

and Dutch-American treaty5

PJA09
546

and Franco-American alliance5

PJA07
PJA08
3
47

Bank of5

DCA01
DCA02
37

British efforts to destroy French alliance5

concludes treaty of amity and commerce (1782)5

AFC05

consequences of defeat or reconciliation with England5

determination to be independent5

feared as commercial rival5

French loans and subsidies to5

PJA06

impossibility of British conquest of5

PJA09
PJA10

lack of Anglo-American political or cultural ties5

negotiation and signature of treaty with Morocco5

AFC07

negotiation of treaty with Tripoli5

AFC07

northeast boundary dispute with Great Britain5

DCA08
192*
193*
194*
195*
218*

proposed academy for English language in5

Spanish recognition of5

PJA12

agricultural economy of4

PJA09
PJA10

and British recognition of4

AFC05

and fishing rights4

PJA07
PJA08

Brit. attitude toward4

AFC07

criticized in British newspapers4

AFC06

Dutch ignorance of4

Dutch recognition of independence4

AFC05

economic dependence on Britain of4

AFC07

economic ties with Europe4

effect of war on manufactures in4

PJA09
577
PJA10

Franco-American trade4

function and status of U.S. diplomats4

inability to threaten Europe militarily4

PJA10

JA on lack of intelligence reaching Europe from4

PJA07
98
PJA08

legal name as used in Dutch-Amer. Treaty4

PJA13

negotiation of commercial treaties with Europe4

PJA09
PJA10
268

proposed congress to integrate into European system4

relations with Portugal4

PJA09
PJA12
161

treaties4

DQA01

and Armed Neutrality3

PJA12

and Barbary states3

PJA06

and commerce in the South3

DCA08
255*
259*
270*

and Dutch loans3

AFC06
80

and Newfoundland fisheries3

PJA09
PJA10
448

and war with Barbary States3

AFC07

Austrian recognition of3

PJA12

British believe no central authority exists in3

AFC06

commercial distress3

DCA07
215*
DCA08
209*
211*

compared with Netherlands3

PJA11

debt of3

AFC07

economic conditions in3

PJA05
204
PJA06

exchange of ministers with Great Britain3

AFC06

fails to comply with Treaty of Paris3

AFC07

French assistance to3

government compared to Swiss3

PJA09
PJA10
297

Great Britain's disposition toward3

AFC06

history of, and CFA3

DCA02

JA’s diplomacy protects3

PJA12

Mediterranean trade3

PJA06

merchants overextend credit with England3

AFC06

Mexican boundary treaties3

DCA06
387*
390*
391*

militia in3

PJA09

morale in3

PJA05
PJA06

oaths of allegiance to3

PJA06

payment of foreign debt by3

possible partition of3

proposed arrangement to take prizes into Dutch ports3

PJA11

relations with Netherlands3

signs armistice with Great Britain (1783)3

AFC05

sovereignty of3

PJA06
38
61
PJA13
235

trade with Spain3

PJA11

weakness of government of3

AA on JA's service to2

AFC07

AA on love of luxury in2

AFC07

“Americans must be Soldiers”2

PJA09
8
39

and new states2

AFC06

and widening of Anglo-American war2

PJA09

annexation of Texas2

DCA07
303*
304*

as infant Hercules2

PJA12

Britain's futile and failed policies toward2

compared to Europe2

AFC06

concludes treaty of amity and commerce (1783)2

AFC05

concludes treaty of amity and commerce (1785)2

AFC05
316
AFC06
222

conflicts of federal and state power2

LJA02

corruption in2

PJA05

David Humphreys to write history of2

AFC07
37
45

definitive Anglo-American peace treaty2

PJA09

Elizabeth Shaw on society and politics of2

AFC07

European balance of power and2

PJA13

histories of early settlement of2

AFC07
60
61

immigration to2

PJA09

inability to borrow in Europe2

PJA07
15
PJA08
1-2

Ireland compared with2

PJA13

is “de facto, an independent Power, and must be so, de Jure”2

PJA09

JA compares to Europe2

AFC07

JA on France and2

PJA06

JA seeks information on sentiments of diplomatic corps on2

PJA13

lack of funds for prisoners2

PJA12

loyalists in2

PJA09

lumber trade with Great Britain and France2

AFC05
484
AFC06

mentioned2

DCA07
197*
DCA08
151*

need for loans2

PJA13

need to counter British propaganda2

PJA10

need to overcome or regulate dependence on British trade2

AFC06

negotiation of treaty with Austria2

AFC07

origins of revolution in2

party divisions in2

DCA07
262*
300*

political transformation in2

PJA13

presidential election (1832)2

DCA04
394-395*
397-398*

proposed commercial treaty with Portugal2

AFC06

proposed treaty of amity and commerce with Hanseatic League2

PJA12

reaction to French treaties2

PJA06

Russia and2

PJA13

shipbuilding in2

AFC07

Supreme Court2

AFC02

taxation in compared with Europe2

AFC07

“the Wisdom and not the Man is attended to: America is the Poor Mans Country”2

PJA09

trade opened with China2

AFC06

war with Portugal2

PJA13
23
24

winter of 1779-17802

PJA09

AA on danger of becoming “the Scorn of Europe and the laughing Stock of Nations”1

AFC07
98

AA on dangers to youth of from travel in Europe1

AFC07

AA on failure to appreciate Netherlands by1

AFC07

AA on fashion of versus Britain1

AFC07

AA on newspapers of1

AFC07
282

AA on obstacles to treaty with Britain1

AFC07
282

AA on state of1

AFC07
126

AA on weather of1

AFC07
258

AA's love of1

AFC07
304

Abbé Raynal on1

AFC07
176

ability to defend self1

PJA12

admission to general peace conference1

PJA13
169

allies of1

PJA13
151

and Baltic trade1

PJA11

and European balance of power1

PJA09
426

and possible revolt of West Indian colonies1

PJA10
396

beef consumption in1

PJA13
152

benefits from opening markets of1

PJA09
429

borrowing by, compared with British1

PJA10
268

Britain may send minister to1

AFC07
153

Brit. and French threat to compared1

PJA13
436

Brit. use prizes taken from during war1

AFC07
240

called by name1

LJA02
392

celebrates independence1

PJA09
504

CFA on character of life in1

DCA05
266*

change of manners in1

PJA10

climate of1

PJA09
442

code name1

PJA11
480

commerce with French West Indies1

AFC06
136

compared with ancient Rome1

PJA09
378

competition with Britain for trade1

AFC07

Congress, mentioned1

LJA02
357

consequences of British conquest of1

PJA09

consular convention with France1

AFC05
477

controversy with France1

DCA06
292*

Court of Appeals ruling in case of Chester 1

PJA11
381

credit in Europe1

PJA12
34

danger to credit of from lack of funds1

AFC07

decline in trade of1

DQA01
369

defense of Western frontier1

DCA08
107*

distribution of wealth in1

AFC07
126

Dutch loan to1

DQA01
207

education in1

AFC06

effect of continuing war on1

PJA13

emigration from Ireland1

AFC06
344

equitable writ of assistance in1

LJA02
108

establishment of state governments1

PJA11

European emigration to1

PJA13
151

failure of states to approve continental impost1

AFC07
210

first Customs Act1

LJA02
117

For references prior to 17891

growth of1

PJA13
152

homes and furnishings of1

AFC07
178

independence commemorated1

AFC07
348

issue of central government versus state power1

AFC05

JA expects news from1

PJA13
486

JA on future hostility toward Britain1

PJA09

JA on need for states to cooperate to promote trade1

AFC07
240

JA on Roman Catholicism and1

PJA06
348

JA on state of1

AFC07
242

JA publishes Collection of State-Papers for circulation in1

PJA13
415

JA returns to (1788)1

PJA13
261

JA’s proposal for Great Seal of1

AFC03

Jefferson on federal powers1

DCA02
160

John Trumbull as illustrator of birth of1

AFC07
82

JQA compares conversation in with that of Europe1

AFC07
157

JQA on arts in1

AFC07
181

JQA on beauty of women in1

AFC07
437

lack of good intelligence in1

PJA13
81

lack of poverty in1

PJA10

Lafayette works to promote commerce with France1

AFC06
141

Laws 1

DCA04
443*

loan from the Netherlands as source for funds in Europe1

AFC07
179

long war favors1

PJA12
159

Mass. politics and foreign policy of1

AFC05

may appoint minister to France1

AFC05
233

merchants fear war with Great Britain1

AFC06
249

National Park Service1

AFC01
219

national politics in CFA’s diaries1

DCA01

need for commercial treaties with European countries1

AFC07
113

need for learned societies in1

PJA10
126

negotiation of treaty with Spain1

AFC07
27

neutrality as true system of1

PJA12
291

north-south divisions in1

PJA10

opposition to taxation in1

PJA13
413

Oregon boundary question1

DCA08
45*

owes debt to S. A. Otis1

AFC06
418

paper money in1

AFC07
244

people's antipathy to British constitution1

PJA09

policy toward neutral property1

PJA13

power of courts over state legislatures1

LJA02
370

Prussian minister to1

PJA13
170

Prussian Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1785)1

PJA13
424

relations with Europe1

PJA12

religious denominations in1

PJA09
573

renounces navigation of Mississippi in negotiations with Spain1

PJA12
144

republican character of1

PJA11

Ridley on1

PJA13
539

Roorda on1

PJA13
107

rule of prior appropriation in West1

LJA01
69

seal of1

DQA02
380

sectional differences in1

PJA13

Seminole War1

DCA06
355*

Senate1

DQA02
461

sense of justice in1

PJA13
170

shipping seized by British cruisers1

AFC05
23

ships of threatened by Algiers1

AFC07
88

society of compared to European1

AFC07
225

southwest boundary question1

DCA07
154-155*

sovereignty of states1

PJA13

Spanish attitude toward alliance with1

PJA13
215

Staphorsts support1

PJA13
x

statute limiting vessel owners' liability1

LJA01
34

study of French language in1

PJA09
321

success of1

PJA13
410

sugar trade1

AFC07

tension between port cities and rural areas in1

AFC07
322

trade in1

AFC07
391

trade with Austrian Netherlands1

PJA11
397

trade with Ostend, Belgium1

PJA06
223

trade with Russia1

AFC07
196

trade with Spain and Portugal1

AFC07
210

trade with Sweden1

PJA11
397

Turgot attacks state constitutions of1

AFC07
366
See also: France
See also: Great Britain
See also: Independence
See also: Netherlands
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