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1Continental Congress to the American Commissioners: Instructions, [7 May 1784–3 June 1784] (Franklin Papers)
On May 20, 1783, Vergennes proposed three additional articles to the Franco-American treaty, which affirmed that the United States and France would grant each other most-favored-nation status. The peace commissioners did not forward the proposal to Congress until after the definitive treaty with Britain had been concluded: