1786.—Jan. 24.

At Paris.

Prepares notes for Meusnier.

Feb.

Aids John Ledyard.

Mch. 5.

Leaves Paris.

At Calais.

11.

At London.

22.

Presented to King, Windsor.

Has interview with Tripolitan Ambassador.

Negotiates treaty with Portugal.

26.

Prepares with Adams projet of treaty with Great Britain.

Apl. 1–9.

At Chiswick, Richmond, Twickenham, Woburn, Hampton Court, Paynes Hill, Cobham, Weybridge, Woburn, Cavorsham, Reading, Wotton, Buckingham, Banbury, Stowe, Buckingham, Stratford, Hockley, Birmingham, Stourbridge, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Winchcomb, Moreton, Eynston, Woodstock, Oxford, High Wycombe.

10.

At London.

Signs treaty with Portugal.

Portrait painted by Mather Brown.

26.

Leaves London.

At Dartford, Rochester, Canterbury, Dover.

29.

At Calais, St. Omer, Royes, Bourgel.

May 1.

At Paris.

23.

Suggests treaty against Barbary states.

June 22.

Corrects article of Meusnier.

Sept.

Rents hotel corner Champs Élysées and rue Neuve de Berry.

4.

Fractures wrist.

13.

Answers queries of Soulé’s.

1786.—Oct. 22.

Prepares map of Virginia.

Made an LL.D. (Yale).

Dec. 16.

Act for Religious Freedom passed by Virginia Assembly.

Dec. 26.

Notes on Virginia translated into French by Morellet.

1787.—Jan. 4.

Makes proposition to British creditors.

Feb. 27.

Attends audience of Montmorin.

Mch. 3.

At Sens and Vermanton.

4.

At Lucy le Bois, Cussy les Forges, Rouvray, Maisonneuve, Vitteaux, La Chalieure, Pont de Paris, and Dijon.

7–8.

At La Boraque and Chagny.

9.

At Chalons, Sennecy, Tournus, St. Albin, and Macon.

At Maison blanche, St. George, Château de Laye-Epinaye, and Lyons.

15–18.

At St. Fond and Mornas.

19–23.

At Pont St. Esprit, Bagnols, Connault, Valignières, Remoulins, St. Gervasy, and Nismes.

24.

At Nismes, Arles, Terrasson, and St. Remis.

25.

At Orgon, Portroyal, and St. Cannat.

25–28.

At Aix.

29.

At Marseilles.

Apl. 6.

At Marseilles, Aubagne, Cuges, Beausset, Toulon, Hieres, Cuers, Pignans, and Luc.

9.

At Vidauban, Muy, Frejus, Antibes, and Nice.

13.

At Scarena and Sospello.

14.

At Ciandola and Tende.

15.

At Limone and Coni.

16.

At Centale, Savigliano, Racconigi, Poerino, and Turin.

19.

At Setimo, Chivasco, Ciliano, St. Germans, and Vercelli.

20.

At Novara, Buffalora, Sedriano, and Milan.

23.

At Casino, Rozzano, Binasco, and Pavia.

24.

At Voghera, Tortona, and Nevi.

25.

At Voltaggio, Campo-Marone, and Genoa.

28.

At Noli.

29.

At Albenga.

30.

At Oneglia.

May 1.

At Ventimiglia, Menton, Monaco, and Nice.

3.

At Luc, Brignolles, Tourves, Poucieux, and La Galinière.

1787.—May 8.

At Orgon, Avignon, and Vaucluse.

10.

At Nismes and Lunel.

11.

At Montpelier.

12.

At Frontignan and Cette.

13.

At Agde.

14.

At Bézieres.

15.

At Argilies and Saumal.

16.

At Marseillette and Carcassone.

18.

At Castelnaudari.

19.

At St. Feriol, Escauraze, and Lampy.

20.

At Narouze, Villefranche, and Baziege.

21.

At Toulouse.

23.

At Agen.

24.

At Castres and Bourdeaux.

29.

At Blaye.

30.

At Rochefort and Le Rochex.

31.

At St. Hermines and Nantes.

June 2.

At L’Orient.

3–5.

At L’Orient, Rennes, and Nantes.

6–8.

At Ancenis, Angers, and Tours.

9–11.

At Blois and Orleans.

11.

At Paris.

Sends Piedmont rice and olive tree to America.

Mary Jefferson arrives from America.

July

Conducts commercial negotiations with new ministry.

Aug. 29.

Writes letter to Journal de Paris.

Sept.

Map of Virginia finished.

Oct. 1.

Sends natural-history specimens to Buffon.

Dec.

Advises transfer of French debts.

English edition of Notes on Virginia printed.

1788.—Jan. 13.

Sends Egyptian rice to America.

Feb. 4.

Leaves Paris.

11.

Declines membership in society for abolition of slave trade.

13.

At Amsterdam.

Negotiations over U. S. debt.

Mar. 31.

Leaves Amsterdam.

At Utrecht and Nimeguen.

Apr. 1.

At Cranenburg, Cleve, Santen, Reynberg, Hoogstrakt.

2.

At Essenberg, Duysberg, and Dusseldorf.

3.

At Cologne.

4.

At Bonne, Andernach, and Coblentz.

5.

At Nassau.

1788.—Apr. 6.

At Schwelbach, Wisbaden, Hochheim.

7.

At Frankfort.

8.

At Hanau.

10.

At Hochheim and Mayence.

11.

At Rudesheim, Johannesberg, Markebrom.

12.

At Mayence, Oppenheim, and Dorms.

13.

At Mannheim.

14.

At Dossenheim, Heidelberg, and Schwetzingen Mannheim.

15.

At Spire and Carlsruhe.

16.

At Rastadt, Scholhoven, Bischofheim, Kehl, and Strasburg.

17–18.

At Strasburg, Saverne, and Phalsbourg.

19.

At Fenestrange, Moyenvic, and Nancy.

20.

At Toule, Void, Ligney en Barrois, Bar le Duc, and St. Dizier.

21.

At Vitry le Français, Chalons sur Marne, and Epernay.

22.

At Aij, Auvillaij, Cumieres, and Pierrij.

23.

At Château-Thierry, St. Jean, Meaux, Vergalant, Paris.

June 20.

Opens negotiation for new Consular Convention.

Made an LL.D. by Harvard.

July

Buys Deane’s letter books.

Aug. 10.

At Versailles attending audience to East Indians.

Sept. 16.

Submits draft of Consular Convention.

Oct. 23.

Protests against French arrêt respecting whale oil.

Nov. 14.

Signs Consular Convention.

Writes and prints Observations on whale fisheries.

16.

Secures special privileges for American whale oil.

19.

Applies to Congress for leave of absence.

Dec.

Sickness of daughter.

1789.—Feb. 4.

Secures recall of Moustier.

May 8.

At Versailles attending opening of the States General.

June 3.

Prepares Charter for France.

12.

Visits Versailles.

18.

President grants leave of absence.

24.

Visits Versailles.

July 17.

Visits ruins of Bastille.

18.

At Versailles.