Note 2 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF C. A. DE LA LUZERNE.

Austria and Russia proposed to act as mediators for a general peace about the beginning of the year 1781. Some particulars on this subject will be found in John Adams's Correspondence, Vol VI. p. 98;—also in Flassan's Diplomatic Française, Vol. VII. p. 300.—The papers here inserted are imperfect, but they are all that could be found in the Department of State. They will serve to illustrate that part of the preceding communication of M. de la Luzerne, which relates to the proposed mediation.