Letters from American Commissioners
American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, also known as the Treaty of Paris, is an unfinished 1783 painting by Benjamin West depicting the United States delegation that negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolutionary War. Peace negotiations began in Paris on June 25, 1783, and the eventual signing of the treaty took place on September 3, 1783 at the Hotel York at 56 rue Jacob. The green drapery in the painting's background and the distant landscape with a classical colonnaded building emphasize the scene's formality.
American Commissioners to John Bondfield, June 4, 1778
American Commissioners to Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, June 4, 1778
American Commissioners to John Paul Jones, June 10, 1778
American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, June 10, 1778
American Commissioners to Peter Amiel, June 23, 1778
Passi near Paris June 23 1778 The foregoing is a true Copy of original Instructions from Congress 4 to Commanders of private Ships or Vessels of War, having Commissions or…
American Commissioners to Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, June 23, 1778
American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, June 23, 1778
American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, June 23, 1778
American Commissioners to Francis Coffyn, July 13, 1778
American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, July 13, 1778
American Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, July 13, 1778
American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, July 13, 1778
American Commissioners to President of Congress, July 16, 1778
American Commissioners to Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, July 16, 1778
American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, July 16, 1778
American Commissioners to Thomas Simpson, July 16, 1778
American Commissioners to Abraham Whipple, July 16, 1778
American Commissioners to Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, July 22, 1778
American Commissioners to Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, July 22, 1778
Passi July 22 1778 Sir, Captain Robert Niles of the Spy at Brest, 9 has occasion for fourteen or fifteen Tons of Lead, which you will be so good as…
American Commissioners to Jonathan Trumbull, July 22, 1778
Passy, July 22. 1778 Sir, We received your Excellency’s Letter of May 29. by Capt. Niles 2 with the Dispatches from Congress which you had intrusted him with, in good…