The Peacemakers: The Great Powers and American IndependenceHarper & Row, 1965 - Definitive Treaty of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States - 572 pages A story of espionage, intrigue, chicanery, and cynical self-interest, a diplomatic history. |
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Page 298
... James was known as the " black sheep " of the family flock.78 To his austere brother John's acute discomfiture James continued to take an opposite stand on most public issues . In the New York Revolutionary legislature , Sir James ...
... James was known as the " black sheep " of the family flock.78 To his austere brother John's acute discomfiture James continued to take an opposite stand on most public issues . In the New York Revolutionary legislature , Sir James ...
Page 360
... James tried to sell a naval invention to the Marquis de Castries . He also sought a commercial monopoly from Vergennes and expected his brother to assist him in se- curing it . Aside from his strict sense of propriety , Jay wished ...
... James tried to sell a naval invention to the Marquis de Castries . He also sought a commercial monopoly from Vergennes and expected his brother to assist him in se- curing it . Aside from his strict sense of propriety , Jay wished ...
Page 564
... James , 2 Louis XIV , King of France , 70 Louis XV , King of France , 112-113 , 136- 137 , 161 Louis XVI , King of France , 59 , 66 , 114 , 118 , 135 , 137 , 140-141 , 143-144 , 219 , 228 , 262 , 324-325 , 328 , 374 , 400 , 406- 407 ...
... James , 2 Louis XIV , King of France , 70 Louis XV , King of France , 112-113 , 136- 137 , 161 Louis XVI , King of France , 59 , 66 , 114 , 118 , 135 , 137 , 140-141 , 143-144 , 219 , 228 , 262 , 324-325 , 328 , 374 , 400 , 406- 407 ...
Contents
THREE VOYAGERS IN SEARCH OF PEACE I | 1 |
ARMADA AGAINST ENGLAND | 27 |
PRIEST AND PLAYWRIGHT AT THE PARDO | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Abbé Morellet alliance ally ambassador American commissioners American independence April Aranda Baudouin Boston Patriot Breteuil Britain British Cabinet Charles James Fox colonies Comte de Vergennes Conde considered court CP Aut Cumberland Diary diplomatic dispatch draft Dutch England envoy fisheries Florida Floridablanca Foreign Minister France France's Franklin French George George III Gérard Gibraltar Grenville Henry Laurens Hussey Ibid insisted instructions Jay's John Adams John Jay July June Kaunitz King La Luzerne Laurens letter Letterbook Livingston London Lord Loyalists Luzerne Madrid Maurepas mediation Ministry mission Mississippi Montbarrey Montmorin Mountstuart Necker negotiations North North Ministry Oswald Papers Paris Parliament peace peacemaking preliminaries President of Congress proposed Rayneval reported Richard Oswald Rockingham Russia secret Secretary Sept Shelburne Shelburne's Spain Spaniards Spanish Strachey Thurne treaty truce United Vaughan Vérac Versailles Walpole