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Abstract : August 6, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Paper money revolution; western migration to follow if Spain will grant navigation of the Mississippi. 1p. AE., États-Unis, 32:35.

Abstract : August 20, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Severe measures of Congress against Indians: many companies sent to falls of the Ohio; Virginia required to send reinforcements; bad faith of English. Caermarthern\'s reply to John Adams on giving up posts on the Lakes. 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:50.

Abstract : August 23, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Slowness of Jay-Gardoqui negotiations is caused by demand of southern states for opening of mouth of the Mississippi; France as a mediator; basis of negotiations, free port at New Orleans, and free navigation of the Mississippi. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:58.

Abstract : September 10, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Navigation of the Mississippi: difference in point of view between northern and southern states; Jay\'s embarrassment; Spain\'s reason for excluding the U.S.; Otto\'s opinion. 13pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:65.

Abstract : January 19, 1787. New York. Otto to Vergennes. His trouble relative to denying report of a treaty in which France is put in possession of the two Floridas on condition that she close the Mississippi to the U.S.; retrocession of Louisiana and seizure of Georgia. 4pp. AE., États-Unis, 32: 182.

Abstract : January 25, 1787. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Protest from southern states against all treaties ceding U.S. rights to Mississippi navigation; Virginia\'s measures to recover her influence over Kentucky; discussions between states over the Mississippi. 4pp. C

Abstract : March 5, 1787. New York. Otto to Montmorin, minister of foreign affairs. Kentucky and [the State of] Franklin to war on Louisiana unless Spain renounces exclusive navigation on the Mississippi; fear of England brings South and North together on the Mississippi question; English-Spanish trouble over western territories; Kentucky and Santa Fé. 5 pp. c

Abstract : July 15, 1787. New York. Otto to Montmorin. Mississippi navigation question in Congress: Jay\'s letter; Spain\'s opposition to a free river; letters from western states; reasons for prolonging negotiations. 4pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:308.

Abstract : February 14, 1788. New York. Moustier to Montmorin. Relations of England with the U.S., France\'s attitude; efforts of Temple, English consul: Mississippi navigation, France\'s attitude, arrival of Dargès; migration to the West. 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 33:37.

Abstract : June 7, 1788. New York. Crèvecoeur to Montmorin. Discovery of numerous fortifications in the West, chiefly in Kentucky; founding of Nashville; mound discoveries by early settlers; description of the Cumberland and other rivers; trade between Tennessee and the English of Detroit, by the Nashville-Detroit route; salt licks. 7pp. AE., États-Unis, sup., 4:354.

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