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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
Page 314
... seemed compelling . " Contrariwise , George III kept up from Kew a rear - guard action against premature recognition of his disobedient subjects . As late as August 21st the King told Shelburne that it seemed a " strange view " indeed ...
... seemed compelling . " Contrariwise , George III kept up from Kew a rear - guard action against premature recognition of his disobedient subjects . As late as August 21st the King told Shelburne that it seemed a " strange view " indeed ...
Page 324
... seemed to support such an interpretation.52 Apart from rumor , Jay's suspicions seemed confirmed both by the Rayneval memorandum on the West and by a copy of an intercepted cipher dispatch from Barbé - Marbois to Vergennes , which a ...
... seemed to support such an interpretation.52 Apart from rumor , Jay's suspicions seemed confirmed both by the Rayneval memorandum on the West and by a copy of an intercepted cipher dispatch from Barbé - Marbois to Vergennes , which a ...
Page 350
... seemed that the Cabinet's resolve had been nothing more than a bribe to separate America from her French ally . In the light of France's more conciliatory line as revealed by Rayneval and the good news from Gibraltar , the price Britain ...
... seemed that the Cabinet's resolve had been nothing more than a bribe to separate America from her French ally . In the light of France's more conciliatory line as revealed by Rayneval and the good news from Gibraltar , the price Britain ...
Contents
THREE VOYAGERS IN SEARCH OF PEACE I | 1 |
ARMADA AGAINST ENGLAND | 27 |
PRIEST AND PLAYWRIGHT AT THE PARDO | 43 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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