The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.III. Letters relating to negotiations for peace &cH. Colburn, 1818 |
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... give me less concern , I cannot , as that removal is ' impossible , but wish for peace for their sakes , as well as for the sake of humanity and preventing further carnage . This wish of mine , ineffective as it may be , induces me to ...
... give me less concern , I cannot , as that removal is ' impossible , but wish for peace for their sakes , as well as for the sake of humanity and preventing further carnage . This wish of mine , ineffective as it may be , induces me to ...
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... give a little more , but without the least expectation that it will be follow- ' for none but God can at the same time give good counsel , and wisdom to make use of it . ed ; · See an account of this gentleman , Part i . p . 115 . ** a ...
... give a little more , but without the least expectation that it will be follow- ' for none but God can at the same time give good counsel , and wisdom to make use of it . ed ; · See an account of this gentleman , Part i . p . 115 . ** a ...
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... give us credit for ; and I am persuaded these acts will rather ob- struct peace than promote it , and that they will not answer in America the mischievous and malevolent ends for which they were intended . In England they may indeed ...
... give us credit for ; and I am persuaded these acts will rather ob- struct peace than promote it , and that they will not answer in America the mischievous and malevolent ends for which they were intended . In England they may indeed ...
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... give equivalent privileges in trade to Britain . The purport of my answer to him was , in. short. ,. that. peace. was. of. equal. value. to. England. as. to. us. ,. and. independence we were already in possession of : that therefore ...
... give equivalent privileges in trade to Britain . The purport of my answer to him was , in. short. ,. that. peace. was. of. equal. value. to. England. as. to. us. ,. and. independence we were already in possession of : that therefore ...
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... give your excellency an account of these interviews , and to acquaint you with my intention of avoiding such hereafter , as I see but little prospect of utility in them , and think they are very liable to hurtful misrepresentations . By ...
... give your excellency an account of these interviews , and to acquaint you with my intention of avoiding such hereafter , as I see but little prospect of utility in them , and think they are very liable to hurtful misrepresentations . By ...
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acquainted act of parliament Adams affairs aforesaid agreed allies answer appears assured Britain Britannic Majesty British commerce commission commissioners communicated Comte de Vergennes Congress consent conversation copy courier court DAVID HARTLEY DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR declared desire discharge disposition enclosed endeavor enemies England esteem expected farther favor Fayette France FRANKLIN give Grenville HENRY LAURENS Holland honor hope humble servant independence JOHN ADAMS king late ministry Laurens letter liberty London Lord Cornwallis Lord North Lord Shelburne Lordship Majesty's Marquis mentioned ministers nation negociation North America Nova Scotia obedient obliged obtain occasion offer opinion paper Paris parliament parole parties Passy persons plenipotentiary preliminaries present prisoners proposed propositions reason received reconciliation respect RICHARD OSWALD Secretary sent sentiments separate treaty sincere Spain suppose thing thought tion to-morrow told treat of peace truce United Versailles wish write
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Page 265 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of...
Page 266 - States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall .use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 272 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 265 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 267 - Port, Place, and Harbour within the same ; leaving in all Fortifications the American Artillery that may be therein : and shall also Order, and cause all Archives, Records, Deeds and Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 268 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 272 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy...
Page 273 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 271 - November 1782, by the commissioners empowered on each part, which articles were agreed to be inserted in and to constitute the Treaty of Peace proposed to be concluded between the Crown of Great Britain and the said United States, but which treaty was not to be concluded until terms of peace should be agreed upon between Great Britain and France...
Page 374 - Articles were agreed to be inserted in, and to constitute, the Treaty of Peace proposed to be concluded between the Crown of Great Britain and the said United States, but which Treaty was not to be concluded until terms of Peace should be agreed upon between Great Britain and France, and His Britannic Majesty should be ready to conclude such Treaty accordingly...