The diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution : being the letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas, and others, concerning the foreign relations of the United States during the whole revolution : together with the letters in reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs : also the entire correspondence of the French ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress : published under the direction of the President of the United Staes, from the original manuscripts in the Department of State, conformably to a resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818