publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 Excerpt: ...for this purpose were adjusted and signed at Paris by the ministers of the respective courts, on the second of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. See Appendix, Note No. III. The king of Sweden had invited a treaty of Chap. xvm. amity and commerce with America, in a very _ handsome, complimentary manner. He observed, that he was " desirous of forming a con" nexion with a people who had so well estab" lished their independence, and who, by their " wisdom and bravery, so well deserved it." This treaty had been signed the third of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and a stipulation made for its continuance for the term of sifteen years, before any revision or renewal Ihould take place. Denmark ordered the American flag to be treated like that of republics of the sirst order. Indeed, after the independence of the United States was explicitly acknowledged by the king of Great Britain, most of the European nations were, or appeared to be, fond of forming connexions with a young, growing republic. The independent rank of America was now viewed in connexion with her prolisic foil, abundant resources, commercial genius, and political principles, which indicated her rising into eminence and consideration, that would set her on a footing with any nation on earth, if she did not become corrupted by foreign vices, or sunk by the indulgence of her own foolish passions. The Batavian republic was the sirst nation beyond the Atlantic, after the French, who sent VOL. ut. 2....F 1783. an envoy in form to the congress of America. On the thirty-sirst: of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, Peter John Van Berkel was received by them, as minister plenipotentiary from the states-general of the United ...

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