...That the President furnish the minister appointed to the court of Petersburg with letters of credit on the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the court of Versailles, for fifteen hundred pounds sterling, as his salary for one year ; provided the said minister shall...

...of TD Schweighhauser, against the frigate Alliance ; and that the minister plenipotentiary of these United States at the court of Versailles be, and he is hereby empowered and directed to pay the balance that may be found due to the said TD Schweighhauser, upon...

...Jefferson, esquire, the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the court .of Versailles be and he is hereby authorized and directed, to conclude...except where deviations from it are permitted by the -eaidact of Congress of the 25th day of January, 1782, and with a clause limiting the duration of the...

...a petition of H. Stevens, Resolved, That the honourable T. Jefferson, esquire, the minister of thf United States at the court of Versailles, be and he is hereby authorized, to take such measures as he may deem most advisable for redeeming the American captives at Algiers...

...foregoing letters from the superintendent of finance and secretary for foreign affairs, Resolved, That the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the court of Versailles be instructed to take immediate measures for liquidating the accounts subsisting between the said states...

...instruction* of the 10th of July, 1 rs I . On motion of Mr. Rutledge, seconded by Mr. Lee, Resolved, That the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the court of Versailles, be informed that his letters to the superintendent of finance and secretary for foreign affairs, bearing...

...the 18th. of the same month, Resolved, That Capt. John Paul Jones be and he hereby is recommended to the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Versailles, as agent, to solicit, under the direction of the said Minister, for payment and satisfaction to the...

...the United States by the exertion of his courage and abilities on many signal occasions ; and that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Versailles should be directed to cause an elegant sword, with proper devices, to be made, and presented to him...

...the United States by the exertion of his cournge and abilities on many signal occasions ; and that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Versailles should be directed to cause an elegant sword, with proper devices, to be made, and presented to him...

...to dispute it. I answered that I had no authority to treat, but in conjunction with Mr. Jefferson, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Versailles. That the full power to treat with Portugal was to Mr. Jefferson and me jointly ; so that I could conclude...