CHAPTER IV.

Visit to Chesterfield County.--Is appointed Plenipotentiary to Europe.--Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux.--Goes North with his Daughter.--Leaves her in Philadelphia, and goes to Congress.--Letters to his Daughter.--Sails for Europe.--His Daughter's Description of the Voyage.--His Establishment and Life in Paris.--Succeeds Franklin as Minister there.--Anecdotes of Franklin.--Extracts from Mrs. Adams's Letters.--Note from Jefferson to Mrs. Smith 67