Account of treaty talks, Franklin's inaction, Adams' threatened resignation, debts, fisheries, and Mississippi
Contributors: Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
Published: 1783
Place of publication: [Paris?]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Sources; Foreign relations; History
Notes: Holograph.

Title provided by cataloger.

Dated: 13 March 1783.

Writing in the hand of Joseph Jones of Virginia.

Notes from the commission journals : Lists with dates the various steps by which England was forced to acknowledge American independence. Emphasizes the reluctance of France to see this accomplished. Mentions Franklin's efforts to establish legal claims to the captured territory and Adams's proposals in behalf of the Tories. Describes the conflict for the control of the fisheries and the Penobscot Region.

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