Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes to American Commissioners, May 15, 1778
A Versailles le 15 May 1778 J’ai l’honneur Messieurs de vous envoyer la copie d’une lettre ecrite à M. de Sartine par le Consul de France a Madere. Vous y…
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.
A Versailles le 15 May 1778 J’ai l’honneur Messieurs de vous envoyer la copie d’une lettre ecrite à M. de Sartine par le Consul de France a Madere. Vous y…
A V[ersai]lles le 17 may 1778 J’ai rendu compte au Roi, Messrs., de l’assûrance que vous me donnez que le Boston, qui se trouve dans le port de Bordeaux, est…
Versailles. Le 21. May 1778. Je reçois dans le moment, Messieurs, la Lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 19. pour m’informer que vous avez rendu compte au…
Paris 23 May 1778 Honored Gentlemen I take the liberty to enclose a Copy of the Memoire I made last year at the request of M. Carmichael on the advantages…
Council Chamber Watertown June 9th 1778 Gentlemen, We have just received from the Secret Committee of Congress Three Packets directed to the Commissioners of the United States at Paris. We…
Nantes le 9 Juin 1778 Messieurs Nous avons l’honneur de vous accompagner ci Joint une requete, qui nous a etée envoyée par un malheureux Prisonnier à Brest, pour lequel ou…
< Ranger , Brest, June 10, 1778: One of the Ranger ’s prizes was, I understand, sold in Bordeaux by Messrs. Delap. I wrote to request that the captors’ share…