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 13
... wrote hopefully , " Our friend Arthur Lee will rise again . " 31 But after a little time for reflection most New Englanders put the best face on the results that they could . " Away with sackcloth and ashes when evitables become ...
... wrote hopefully , " Our friend Arthur Lee will rise again . " 31 But after a little time for reflection most New Englanders put the best face on the results that they could . " Away with sackcloth and ashes when evitables become ...
Page 250
... wrote to his scientific friend , Joseph Priestley , that he found men " very badly constructed . " They were " more ... wrote in the " Journal of the Negotiations of the Peace with Great Britain , " which he began in May of 1782 ...
... wrote to his scientific friend , Joseph Priestley , that he found men " very badly constructed . " They were " more ... wrote in the " Journal of the Negotiations of the Peace with Great Britain , " which he began in May of 1782 ...
Page 256
... wrote to Franklin , on the strength of a letter of introduction from Hartley . " I have no confidence in him , " Franklin wrote Hartley , " nor in anything he says or may say of his being sent by ministers . " Franklin accused Digges of ...
... wrote to Franklin , on the strength of a letter of introduction from Hartley . " I have no confidence in him , " Franklin wrote Hartley , " nor in anything he says or may say of his being sent by ministers . " Franklin accused Digges of ...
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