U.S. State De

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THE

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE SIGNING OF THE

DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE,

10TH SEPTEMBER, 1783,

TO THE

ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, MARCH 4, 1789.

BEING

THE LETTERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF CONGRESS, THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN

AFFAIRS-AMERICAN MINISTERS AT FOREIGN COURTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS
NEAR CONGRESS-REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS, AND REPORTS
OF THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON VARIOUS LETTERS

AND COMMUNICATIONS;

TOGETHER WITH

LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

Published under the direction of the Secretary of State, from the original Manuscripts in the

Department of State, conformably to an Act of Congress, approved May 5, 1832.