| 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. |