THE

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS.

VOL. II.

THE

LIFE

OF

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS,

WITH

SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE

AND

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

DETAILING EVENTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLU
TION, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND IN
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.

BY JARED SPARKS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY GRAY & BOWEN.

1832.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, BY GRAY AND BOWEN,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

BOSTON:
Waitt & Dow's Power Press.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

1. CORRESPONDENCE, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE, RE-

SPECTING A NEGOTIATION WITH THE BRITISH

MINISTRY.

II. CORRESPONDENCE, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,

CONCERNING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND

THE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE.

PAGE.

1

57

III. LETTERS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELAT-

ING TO FRENCH AFFAIRS.

461

1. Observations on Government, applicable to

the Political State of France.

464

2. Note addressed to the Queen of France, on

the Course to be pursued by the King.

472

3. Plan of a Campaign for France, submitted to

General Lafayette.

473

4. Note written for the Count de Montmorin,

containing Suggestions respecting a Change

of Government.

485

5. Letter to the Count de Montmorin, on the

State of Public Affairs.

487

6. Note communicated to the Count de Mont-

morin.

489