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 246
... interest or reputation with that or other nations . " Thinking it improbable that serious negotiations for peace were likely to begin soon , Jay asked Congress to relieve him from this assign- ment , one where he " must necessarily ...
... interest or reputation with that or other nations . " Thinking it improbable that serious negotiations for peace were likely to begin soon , Jay asked Congress to relieve him from this assign- ment , one where he " must necessarily ...
Page 249
... interest . Throughout the war Franklin remained a secret member of the Vandalia syndicate , a land company with a huge potential stake in the Old Northwest . Because his name was anathema to the law officers of the Crown Franklin on the ...
... interest . Throughout the war Franklin remained a secret member of the Vandalia syndicate , a land company with a huge potential stake in the Old Northwest . Because his name was anathema to the law officers of the Crown Franklin on the ...
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... interest to return Gibraltar . It is ours to see that she keeps it in order that France will always be necessary to ... interests and military experts downgraded it.32 Those who opposed ceding the fortress did so for reasons of prestige ...
... interest to return Gibraltar . It is ours to see that she keeps it in order that France will always be necessary to ... interests and military experts downgraded it.32 Those who opposed ceding the fortress did so for reasons of prestige ...
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