Letters to 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.
Committee for Foreign Affairs to American Commissioners, April 16, 1778
Simeon Deane to American Commissioners, April 16, 1778
Joseph Belton to American Commissioners, April 17, 1778
James Moylan to American Commissioners, April 17, 1778
L’Orient 17th April 1778 Honorable Gentlemen I beg leave to refer you to what I had the honor of writing you the 15th instant since which one James Miggins Sailor,…
John Bondfield to American Commissioners, April 21, 1778
Ebenezer Smith Platt to American Commissioners, April 21, 1778
Samuel Tucker to American Commissioners, April 22, 1778
John Bondfield to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778
James Jay to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778
Saturday Evening [April 25?, 6 1778] Gentlemen When a man is seriously attached to a public Cause, and has uniformly given the most decisive proofs of that attachment, he cannot…
Samuel Tucker to American Commissioners, April 25, 1778
Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine to American Commissioners, April 26, 1778
Ralph Izard to American Commissioners, April 29, 1778
Paris 29 April 1778. Gentlemen I have the honour of sending you an extract of a Letter received from Charles Town, in South Carolina, dated the 12th. of February. “A…
Samuel Tucker to American Commissioners, April 29, 1778
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes to American Commissioners, April 29, 1778
Committee for Foreign Affairs to American Commissioners, April 30, 1778
James Moylan to American Commissioners, May 1, 1778
L’Orient pmo May 1778 Honorable Gentlemen The restriction Captain Jones has laid the Intendent of Brest under, respecting the prize he sent in there, 7 gives the Admiralty a power…
Nathaniel Dowse to American Commissioners, May 5, 1778
Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to American Commissioners, May 5, 1778
Marie Silvestre Grand to American Commissioners, May 5, 1778
Ce 5 may [1778] Mme. Grand presante une requette a Messieurs Les Deputés assemblés pour luy accorder un jour pour luy faire l’honneur de venir Diner ches elle a commencer…
John Paul Jones to American Commissioners, May 9, 1778
James Moylan to American Commissioners, May 11, 1778
L’Orient 11th. May 1778 Honorable Gentlemen I am this moment informed by a Gentleman from Brest, that the Ranger Frigate Cap: J. Jones arrived in that port with a prize…
Jonathan Jr Williams to American Commissioners, May 11, 1778
Committee for Foreign Affairs to American Commissioners, May 15, 1778
In Committee for foreign Affairs York Town, May 15 1778 Gentlemen Your pressing request for 5000 Hhds. of Tobacco, 6 is a matter as embarrassing to Congress as to yourselves.…