1To Benjamin Franklin from Jérôme-Marie Champion de Cicé, 27 December 1783 (Franklin Papers)
proposed the appointment of a French ecclesiastic to oversee the Catholic Church in America. The archbishop urged Vergennes not to miss this opportunity to strengthen the Catholic faith as well as ties between the United States and France. Before he answered
2To 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
3To 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.
4Dumas 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.
5To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Regnier, 12 October 1782 (Franklin Papers)
… (Philadelphia, 1781) also contained the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the English versions of the Treaty of Alliance and Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France. Two hundred copies were printed, as Congress had ordered:
6To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 13 August 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...’s May 30 letter, above, was optimistic, he realized by October the impossibility of fulfilling the contract with the farmers general. Market conditions in both the United States and France were unfavorable; tobacco prices in the United States were too high, and it was impossible to turn a profit on what the farmers had agreed to pay. Despite being supported by Robert Morris’ credit,...