The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Vol. 6: 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

Excerpt from The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Vol. 6: 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 Dur<br><br>Resolution directing the Publication and Distribution of the Journal and Proceedings of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States.<br><br>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Journal of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States now remaining in the office of the Secretary of State and all Acts and Proceedings of that Convention which are in possession of the Government of the United States be published under the direction of the President of the United States together with the Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings and the Foreign Correspondence of the Congress of''the United States from the first meeting thereof down to the date of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-three except such parts of the said Foreign Correspondence as the President ot'' the United States may deem it improper at this time to publish. And that one thousand copies thereof be printed of which one copy shall be furnished to each member of the present Congress; and the residue shall remain subject to the future disposition of Congress.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.