Report of the Lords of trade relating to the separating the government of the province of New Jersey from New York. Sm. N. J. 423. Survey and report of the commissioners appointed on the part of the crown to settle the line between the crown and Lord Fairfax. Survey and report of the commissioners appointed on the part Order of reference of the surveys between the crown and Lord Treaty with the Indians of the six nations at Lancaster. Order of the king in council confirming the said report of the Articles préliminaries pour parvenir à la paix, signés à Aix-laChapelle, entre les ministres de France, de la Grande-Bretagne, et des Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas. 2 Mem. de l'Am. 159. Declaration des ministres de France, de la Grande-Bretagne, et des Provinces-Unies des Pays- [365] Bas, pour rectifier les articles I. et II. des préliminaries. 2. Mem. Am. 165. The general and definitive treaty of peace concluded at Aix-laChapelle. Lon. Mag. 1748. 503. French 2. Mem. Am. 169. A treaty with the Indians. A conference between governor Bernard and Indian nations at A conference between governor Denny, governor Bernard, and The king's proclamation promising lands to soldiers. The definitive treaty concluded at Paris. Lon. Mag. 1763. 149. A proclamation for regulating the cessions made by the last treaty of peace. Guth. Geogr. Gram. 623. [366] The king's proclamation against settling on any lands on the Deed from the six nations of Indians to William Trent, and CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. 1783-1784. TO FRANCIS EPPES.1 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14, 1783. DEAR SIR,-You will hardly expect to receive a letter from me at this place, and of so late a date. Yet I have apprehensions of being here ten days or a fortnight longer, for though ready myself, some time since, the vessel in which I go is not ready. Yesterday's post brought no mail from Virginia. I was not disappointed in this, as I was pretty certain that under expectation of my being gone you did not write. I had entertained some hope of meeting a letter from you on my first arrival here, but suppose the same idea of its not coming in time prevented it, so that at present I have no hope of hearing again, while on this side of the water, from yourself and family and those dear little ones I left with you. We have heard nothing since my last from which the length of my absence may be conjectured. The last authentic advices were of the 14th of October, but the affair of Gibraltar happened just then, and the negotiation was in such 1 From Randall's Life of Jefferson, III, 586. a state that what had passed between the negotiators was at that time under submission to the British court for their approbation or disavowal. How far this would be influenced by their good fortune at Gibraltar is the question which the next advices must certainly solve. Since I came here there has been sold the Westover copy of Catesby's History of Carolina. It was held near a twelvemonth at twelve guineas, and at last sold for ten. This seems to fix what should be given for Mr. Bollings's copy, if you can induce him to let me have it, which I am very anxious for. Perhaps it would be a temptation to offer that the ten guineas should be paid to Mr. Ross's agent at Nantes, where he could lay them out and send the articles to Mr. Bolling. His draft shall be paid on sight in Paris. Perhaps you had better effect this by making the proposition to Mrs. Bolling. Of this your knowledge of the family will enable you to judge. Be so good as to present me most affectionately to Mrs. Eppes, Mr. and Mrs. Skipwith, and the two families, and believe me to be, with very great sincerity, dear sir, Your friend and servant. TO GENERAL WASHINGTON. J. MSS. PHILADE. Jan. 22, 1783. SIR, Having lately recd. a call from Congress to pass the Atlantic in the character of one of their ministers for negotiating peace, I cannot leave the continent without separating myself for a moment from the general gratitude of my country to offer you have Were I to my individual tribute to your Excy for all suffered & all you have effected for us. indulge myself in those warm effusions which this subject forever prompts, they would wear an appearance of adulation very foreign to my nature; for such is become the prostitution of language that sincerity has no longer distinct terms in which to express her own truths. Should you give me occasion, during the short mission on which I go, to render you any service beyond the water, I shall for a proof of my gratitude appeal from language to the zeal with which I shall embrace it. The negotiations to which I am joined may perhaps be protracted beyond our present expectation, in which case, tho' I know you must receive much better intelligence from the gentlemen whose residence there has brought them into a more intimate acquaintance with the characters & views of the European courts, yet I shall certainly presume to add my mite, should it only serve to convince you of the warmth of those sentiments of respect & esteem with which I have the honor to be your Excy's mo ob & mo hble servt. TO JAMES MADISON.1 M. MSS. BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 1783. DEAR SIR,-A gentleman returning from this place to Philadelphia gives me an opportunity of sending you a line. We reached Newport the evening of the day on which we left you. There we were misled by an assurance that a lower ferry could 1 The parts in italic are written in cipher numbers in the original. not be crossed. We therefore directed our course for the Bald friar's: & thence to another ferry 6 miles above. Between these two we lost two days, in the most execrable situation in point of accommodation & society which can be conceived. In short braving all weather & plunging thro' thick and thin we arrived here last night being the fifth from Philadelphia.—I saw Monsr. de Ville-Brun last night & augur him to be agreeable enough. I learnt (not from him but others) that to embark their sick &c. will keep us three days. Having nothing particular to communicate I will give you an anecdote which possibly you may not have heard and which is related to me by Major F [ranks]' who had it from Doctor Franklin himself. I use the only cypher I can now get at, using the marginal numbers in order & not as concerted. Mr. Z2 while at Paris had often pressed the Dr. to communicate to him his several negotiations with the Ct. of France, wch. the Dr. avoided as decently as he could. At length he received from Mr. Z a very intemperate letter. He folded it up and put it into a pigeon hole. A 2d 3d & so on to a fifth or sixth he recd. & disposed of in the same way. Finding no answer could be obtained by letter, Mr. Z paid him a personal visit & gave a loose to all the warmth of which he is susceptible. This is "352.4" in cipher, which translates into "F." As Major Franks was Jefferson's secretary at this time, it leaves little doubt as to who is intended. 2 41 946.5" in cipher. It almost certainly alludes to Adams, though the editor of the Madison Letters (1, 62) infers that Arthur Lee is the person meant. Cf. with letter, post, of Feb. 14, 1783. |