Yesterday was the 230th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the treaty that ended the American Revolution.

Volume 3 of the Selected Papers of John Jay (UVA Press) covers the negotiations that ended the war, showing the complicated process that is diplomacy, a process often ignored.

The NHPRC supports the work of three of the American negotiators for peace: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin (http://franklinpapers.org/franklin//); the Papers of John Jay (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/jay/) and the Papers of John Adams (http://www.masshist.org/adams_editorial/. Of course, you can read all about the Treaty itself at the National Archives "Our Documents" site at http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=6 and discover what the rest of the Founders thought about the peace at Founders Online (founders.archives.gov).