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.
Passi Octr. [13] 3 1778 We had the Honour of receiving your Excellencys Letter of the 7 Instant to which We shall take the Liberty of answering fully by another…
Passy, Novr. 3 1778 Sir We have received yours of the twenty seventh of October, 9 inclosing a Copy of a Resolution of Congress of the 11th August 1778. 1…
Passi Novr. 7. 1778 Madam We had the honor of receivg. yr. commands relative to the Portraits taken & carried into Guernsey. We have accordingly written to Mr. S——r 9…
Passy Novr. 12 1778 Sir Your favours of the 15 Octr. and 1st of November We have recd with their Inclosures. 8 And We approve of your Conduct and the…
Passy Novr. 12. 1778. Sir, Last Night, We had a Letter from Nantes a Copy of which we have the honour to inclose to your Excellency. 3 The Subject of…
Passy Novr 17. 1778 Sir Your Letter of the 15th We duly received, and have written to his Excellency the Compte De Vergennes upon the Subject of it, 4 and…
Passy Novr 17. 1778 Sir We communicated to Dr Smith, the Letter which your Excellency did Us the Honour to write to Us concerning his Goods. 6 Since which he…
Passy Novr 25. 1778 Sir We had the Honour last Night of your Letter of the 22d, and should be glad to oblige you with the four Ancres you mention,…
Passy Novr 25. 1778 Sir In Answer to your Letter of the Seventeenth Instant, 6 We desire you would Ship to America, all the Goods belonging to the united States,…
Passy Decr 5. 1778 Gentlemen, We have, the Mortification to be informed, that our Answer to your Letter, requesting Us to join, in your Request to the Ministry for a…
Passy Decr 29. 1778 Sir We have received your Letters of the fifteenth and Twenty-fourth of December, with their Enclosures, 2 and once more assure you, that We have no…
Passy Jany 2. 1779 Sir We have written Instructions to Mr J. D. Schweighauser of Nantes to dispose of the Cargo of the Brig Morris Captain Gunnison, and to settle…
Passy Jany 7. 1779 Sir We have the Honour to inclose your Excellency two Memorials concerning a French Vessell retaken from an English Privateer by An American Privateer the Hampden…
Passy, Jany. 13 1779 Sir We have the Honour of your Excellency’s Letter of the 9th of this Month, requesting to be informed of the Port where those Vessels are…
Passi Jany. 14th 1779 Sir. We have written to Mr John Daniel Schweighauser of Nantes, 6 to receive your Cargo and dispose of it; but he writes us that he…
Passy January 26. 1779. Sir We have received your Letter of the twenty first of this Month, and in Answer to it, We assure you that We cannot indorse your…
Passy Feb. 9. 1778. [ i.e. , 1779] Gentlemen We have the Honour to inclose, you, a Letter just received from his Excellency the Comte De Vergennes, 5 containing as…