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 308
... claims . While cautious in expressing himself in the presence of the Americans , the Comte de Vergennes made no secret among his subordinates that he considered the Americans to be extravagant in their boundary claims , not only because ...
... claims . While cautious in expressing himself in the presence of the Americans , the Comte de Vergennes made no secret among his subordinates that he considered the Americans to be extravagant in their boundary claims , not only because ...
Page 318
... claims the instructions were silent , for Franklin in his necessary articles had neglected to stipulate for the ... claims along the Newfoundland coast . Behind the back of the Americans he was at that very moment asserting French ...
... claims the instructions were silent , for Franklin in his necessary articles had neglected to stipulate for the ... claims along the Newfoundland coast . Behind the back of the Americans he was at that very moment asserting French ...
Page 440
... claims.10 On October 3rd Congress adopted a report of Madi- son's committee which avowed the territorial claims of the states , the fisheries , and the free navigation of the Mississippi , " not only as their in- dubitable rights , but ...
... claims.10 On October 3rd Congress adopted a report of Madi- son's committee which avowed the territorial claims of the states , the fisheries , and the free navigation of the Mississippi , " not only as their in- dubitable rights , but ...
Contents
THREE VOYAGERS IN SEARCH OF PEACE I | 1 |
ARMADA AGAINST ENGLAND | 27 |
PRIEST AND PLAYWRIGHT AT THE PARDO | 43 |
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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