The Emerging Nation: A Documentary History

of the

Foreign Relations of the United States
under the

Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789

Mary A. Giunta
Editor-in-Chief and Project Director

J. Dane Hartgrove, Associate Editor

Norman A. Graebner, Peter P. Hill, Lawrence S. Kaplan
Consulting Editors

Volume II

Richard B. Smith

Project Publication Specialist, 1994

Mary-Jane M. Dowd

Editor and Project Director, 1985-1991

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

1996

The cover illustration is taken from a photograph of the die of the Great
Seal of the United States, adopted in 1782 and engraved by Robert Scot of
Philadelphia. For further information on the design, adoption, and use of
the Great Seal, see Richard S. Patterson and Richardson Dougall, The Eagle
and the Shield: A History of the Great Seal of the United States (Washington,
1976).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The emerging nation: a documentary history of the foreign relations of the
United States under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789 / Mary A.
Giunta, editor in chief; J. Dane Hartgrove, associate editor; Norman A.
Graebner, Peter P. Hill, Lawrence S. Kaplan, consulting editors; Richard
B. Smith, project publication specialist; Mary-Jane M. Dowd, editor and
project director.

xxi pps, 1057 pps 150mm x 225mm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: v. 1. Recognition of independence, 1780-1784 - v. 2. Trials
and tribulations, 1780-1785 v. 3. Toward federal diplomacy, 1780-1789.
ISBN 0-16-048498-7 (vol. 1: alk. paper). ISBN 0-16-048499-5
(vol. 2: alk. paper). ISBN 0-16-048500-2 (vol. 3: alk. paper).

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1. United States-Foreign relations-1783-1815-Sources. 2. United
States-Foreign relations-1775-1783-Sources.

I. Giunta, Mary A. II. Hartgrove, J. Dane. III. Dowd, Mary-Jane M.
E303.E44 1996
327.73'009'033-dc20

96-10279
CIP

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Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328

ISBN 0-16-048499-5