APPENDIX II


 REFERENCES

CONCERNING THE VOLUMINOUS MATUIAL bearing on the Adams-
Onis Treaty the salient facts are that there is a surprising amount
of source material which has either been insufficiently studied or
not exploited at all, that there has been no satisfactory compre-
hensive monograph with the treaty as its central theme, and that
the innumerable writings incidentally touching on it have been
liable to gross misstatements on account of the lack of such a
monograph.
 The very extent of the material has no doubt been one factor
prohibiting an adequate investigation of the subject. Most of the
records used herein have been known or presumed to exist. Many
have been used for other purposes, particularly the manuscripts
from the United States Department of State, the British Public
Record Office, and the French Foreign Office. The material used,
and some additional records listed here, have been selected as
either contributing directly to an understanding of the negotiation
of the treaty or explaining how conditions of frontier settlement
guided the diplomacy. This has meant the elimination of those
records dealing with minor related topics, and a great many con-
cerned with routine administrative, diplomatic, and military
details.
 Although monographs, articles, and general histories have been
 studied and are listed, particularly for the previous views and
 interpretations of the subject, the greater part of this work has
 been based upon manuscripts and printed documents represent-
 ing the Actual instruments of the negotiation.
 The following list of references does not purport to be a com-
 plete list of all materials relating to the subject It is rather an
 indication of those I have used, those significant in the historiog-
 raphy of the treaty, and some others which are suggested for read-
 ers wishing to pursue the matter farther. Special mention should
 be made of Samuel Flagg Bemis and Grace Gardner Griffin's
 Guide to the Diplomatic History of the United States, 1775-1921
 (Washington, 1985), which contains notes on all kinds of material.
 The comments are designed to give explanations of the hitherto
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