The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.III. Letters relating to negotiations for peace &cH. Colburn, 1818 |
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... reason- able terms , you will find little difficulty if you get first an honest ministry . The present have all along acted so deceit- fully and treacherously , as well as inhumanly , towards the Americans , that I imagine the absolute ...
... reason- able terms , you will find little difficulty if you get first an honest ministry . The present have all along acted so deceit- fully and treacherously , as well as inhumanly , towards the Americans , that I imagine the absolute ...
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... reasons that weigh with you will also weigh with them : therefore , I now pray that no mention may be made of my having been here , or my business . To this I agreed , and therefore nothing could be more astonishing to me , than to see ...
... reasons that weigh with you will also weigh with them : therefore , I now pray that no mention may be made of my having been here , or my business . To this I agreed , and therefore nothing could be more astonishing to me , than to see ...
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... reason to expect superior . That her known fondness for war , and the many instances of her readiness to engage in wars on frivolous occasions , were probably sufficient to cause an immediate rejection of every proposition for an ...
... reason to expect superior . That her known fondness for war , and the many instances of her readiness to engage in wars on frivolous occasions , were probably sufficient to cause an immediate rejection of every proposition for an ...
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... reason to hope that no other power will judge it pru dent to quarrel with us , lest they divert us from our own quiet industry , and turn us into corsairs preying upon theirs . The weight therefore of an independent empire , which you ...
... reason to hope that no other power will judge it pru dent to quarrel with us , lest they divert us from our own quiet industry , and turn us into corsairs preying upon theirs . The weight therefore of an independent empire , which you ...
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... reason , that though it was right to make the promises , because otherwise revolt would not be suppressed ; yet it would be wrong to keep them , because revolters ought to be punished to deter future revolts . If these are the prin ...
... reason , that though it was right to make the promises , because otherwise revolt would not be suppressed ; yet it would be wrong to keep them , because revolters ought to be punished to deter future revolts . If these are the prin ...
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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...