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         THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
                             VOL. II.


                     THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
                                OF THE
                         AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

                                 BEING
      THE LETTERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SILAS DEANE, JOHN ADAMS,
        JOHN JAY, ARTHUR LEE, WILLIAM LEE, RALPH IZARD, FRANCIS
        DANA, WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, HENRY LAURENS, JOHN LAURENS,
          M. DE LAFAYETTE, M. DUMAS, AND OTHERS, CONCERNING
                  THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED
                  STATES DURING THE WHOLE REVOLUTION;

                             TOGETHER WITH
           THE LETTERS IN REPLY FROM THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF
            CONGRESS, AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

                                 ALSO,
          THE ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FRENCH MINISTERS,
                  GERARD AND LUZERNE, WITH CONGRESS.

   Published under the Direction of the President of the United States,
  from the original Manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably
           to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818.

                                EDITED
                           BY JARED SPARKS.

                               VOL. II.

                               BOSTON:
                    NATHAN HALE AND GRAY & BOWEN.
                   G. & C. & H. CARVILL, NEW YORK.
                                1829.

                          HALE’S STEAM PRESS.
           No. 6 Suffolk Buildings, Congress Street, Boston.




              CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.


               ARTHUR LEE’S CORRESPONDENCE.

                                                              Page.

  From the Committee of Secret Correspondence to
      Arthur Lee. Philadelphia, December 12th, 1775,               5
        Dumas.--Important to know the disposition of foreign
        powers.--Necessity of secrecy.

  To Benjamin Franklin. London, February 13th, 1776,               6

  To Lieutenant Governor Colden. London, February 13th, 1776,      7
        British preparations for the ensuing campaign.--Plan
        of operations.--Reluctance of troops to serve.--Secret
        wishes of the French government.

  To Lieutenant Governor Colden. London, February 14th, 1776,     10
        British forces; military; naval.--Character and
        disposition of the troops.--Dr Church.

  To Lieutenant Governor Colden. April 15th, 1776,                12
  Address of the city of London; answer.--Disposition of
      the English nation.

  To the Committee of Secret Correspondence. June 3d, 1776,       14
        Disposition of France favorable.--Spain.--Necessity
        of independency.

  Record of the Committee of Secret Correspondence.
      Philadelphia, October 1st, 1776,                            16
        Message from Mr Lee; his conferences with the French