A collection of state-papers, relative to the first acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America, and the reception of their minister plenipotentiary, by their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands. : To which is prefixed, the political character of John Adams, ambassador plenipotentiary from the states of North America, to their High Mightinesses the States General of the United provinces of the Netherlands.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. ; Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, ; English short title catalogue, ; Adams, T.R. American controversy, ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Half green morocco (Atelier). ; Copy imperfect: half title lacking. ; ACQ: Original W.L. Clements; with his armorial bookplate.