To W. S. Smith, November 13.

PAGE

465

English lies-Value of rebellions-Federal convention.

To W. Carmichael, December 15

468

Cipher Conversation with Eden-New constitution-De-

fects-Probable course of states-Sale of western lands-
French translation of Notes on Virginia-Panama canal.

30.

Sept. 13.

15.

16.

Oct. 16.

17.

Lodges at hotel d'Orleans, rue Richelieu.
At Passy, conferring with Franklin.

At Paris.

Lodges at hotel d'Orleans, rue Petits Augustins.
Commissioners hold first conference at Passy.
Sends Notes on Virginia to press.

At Versailles, with commissioners, to meet Vergennes.
Commissioners meet British Minister.

Hires hotel Tête-bout, cul-de-sac Tête-bout.
Purchases copying letter press.

Elected by Congress French Minister.

Notes on Virginia completed.

Audience at French court.

Dec. 9.

1785.-Mar. 10.

May 11.

Oct. 17.

Nov.

Dec. 9.

Signs Prussian Treaty.

Negotiations with Vergennes, concerning tobacco mon

opoly.

Rents hotel du Count de Langeac, Grille de Chaillot.
Youngest daughter, Lucy Elizabeth, dies in Virginia.
Secures privileges for American whale oil.

Holds conference with Vergennes on commerce.

XV

22.

26.

Apl. 1-9.

IO.

26.

Obtains designs for Virginia capitol.

Prepares notes for Meusnier.

Aids John Ledyard.

Leaves Paris.

At Calais.

At London.

Presented to King, Windsor.

Has interview with Tripolitan Ambassador.
Negotiates treaty with Portugal.

Prepares with Adams projet of treaty with Great Britain.
At Chiswick, Richmond, Twickenham, Woburn, Hamp-
ton Court, Paynes Hill, Cobham, Weybridge, Wo-
burn, Cavorsham, Reading, Wotton, Buckingham,
Banbury, Stowe, Buckingham, Stratford, Hockley,
Birmingham, Stourbridge, Bromsgrove, Worcester,
Winchcomb, Moreton, Eynston, Woodstock, Oxford,
High Wycombe.

At London.

Signs treaty with Portugal.

Portrait painted by Mather Brown.
Leaves London.

At Dartford, Rochester, Canterbury, Dover.
At Calais, St. Omer, Royes, Bourgel.

At Paris.

Suggests treaty against Barbary states.

Corrects article of Meusnier.

Rents hotel corner Champs Elysées and rue Neuve de

29.

May I.
23.

June 22.
Sept.

4.

13.

Answers queries of Soulé's.

Oct. 22

Berry.

Fractures wrist.

Dec. 16
Dec. 26

1787.-Jan. 4.

Feb. 27.

Mch. 3.

4.

Prepares map of Virginia.

Made an LL.D. (Yale).

Act for Religious Freedom passed by Virginia Assembly. Notes on Virginia translated into French by Morellet. Makes proposition to British creditors.

Attends audience of Montmorin.

At Sens and Vermanton.

At Lucy le bois, Cussy les forges, Rouvray, Maisonneuve, Vitteaux, La Chalieure, Pont de Paris, and Dijon.

7-8. At la Boraque and Chagny.

9.

At Chalons, Sennecy, Tournus, St. Albin, and Macon.
At Maison blanche, St. George, Chateau de Laye-Epinaye,

and Lyons.

15-18. At St. Fond and Mornas.

9.

13.

14.

15.

At Limone and Coni.

16.

19.

20.

23.

24.

25.

1787.-Mch. 19-23. At Pont St. Esprit, Bagnols, Connault, Valignieres, Remoulins, St. Gervasy, and Nismes.

Apl. 6.

At Marseilles.

At Marseilles, Aubagne, Cuges, Beausset, Toulon, Hieres,
Cuers, Pignans, and Luc.

At Vidauban, Muy, Frejus, Antibes, and Nice.

At Scarena and Sospello.

At Ciandola and Tende.

At Centale, Savigliano, Racconigi, Poerino, and Turin.

At Setimo, Chivasco, Ciliano, St. Germans and Vercelli.
At Novara, Buffalora, Sedriano, and Milan.

At Casino, Rozzano, Binasco, and Pavia.

At Voghera, Tortona, and Nevi.

At Voltaggio, Campo-Marone, and Genoa.

3.

8.

At Luc, Brignolles, Tourves, Poucieux, and La Galiniere.
At Orgon, Avignon, and Vaucluse.

1787.-June 11.

July
Aug. 29.
Sept.

Oct. I.
Dec.

Sends Piedmont rice and olive tree to America.
Mary Jefferson arrives from America.

Conducts commercial negotiations with new ministry.
Writes letter to Journal de Paris.