1From John Adams to the Duc de La Vauguyon, 16 April 1781 (Adams Papers)
...received from Congress, full Powers and Instructions to treat with the States General, and to conclude a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, consistent with the Relations already formed between the United States and France. And, that I have also received a Letter of Credence, as a Minister Plenipotentiary to their High Mightinesses; and another, to his most Serene Highness the Prince of Orange...
2The Commissioners to Vergennes, 17 July 1778 (Adams Papers)
On this day the United States and France exchanged the official ratifications of the Treaties of Amity and Commerce and Alliance. The resolution was probably adopted by the congress on 4 May, immediately after it had completed its ratification of the treaties. Congress, after thanking Louis...
3To George Washington from Colonel Daniel Brodhead, 29 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
“16th Most of the Prisoners took the oath of Neutrality and got permission to set out for detroit Sent by them a copy of the Alliance between the United States and france.
4To Benjamin Franklin from the Continental Congress: Instructions, [14 August–16 October 1779] (Franklin Papers)
, that Britain by so doing would break the peace and hence reactivate the defensive alliance between the United States and France (for which see
The Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France, signed in 1778, had stipulated that neither country should make peace without the concurrence of the other. During the peace negotiations Congress repeatedly had reminded the American commissioners of this treaty obligation to France and warned them against...
6To Benjamin Franklin from the Continental Congress: Instructions, Plan of an Attack upon Quebec and Observations on the … (Franklin Papers)
6thly. That it will secure the Fisheries to the United States and France their Ally to the total exclusion Of Great britain.
7Dumas to the American Commissioners, 24 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
The two articles of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce that the United States and France had agreed to drop.
8To John Jay from Benjamin Franklin, 19 January 1782 (Jay Papers)
Article 10 of the treaty of alliance with France, which allowed the United States and France to invite other powers injured by England to make common cause with them and join the alliance.
9Patrick Henry to Virginia Delegates in Congress, 23 May 1780 (Madison Papers)
The legislature of Virginia in June 1779 ratified the treaties of alliance and commerce between the United States and France (
10Instructions Respecting a Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the Netherlands, 29 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
between these United States and France, and being particularly attentive to the ninth, tenth and seventeenth articles of our treaty of Amity and Commerce with France numbered as they were finally ratified.