The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Lafayette, Commissioners for Peace, Gerard, and LuzerneN. Hale and Gray & Bowen, 1830 - United States |
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... importance of his correspondence , and his services in Europe in the cause of Amer- ica . Proceedings in America in consequence of the ratification of the Provisional Articles . To the President of Congress . Chavaniac , in the Province ...
... importance of his correspondence , and his services in Europe in the cause of Amer- ica . Proceedings in America in consequence of the ratification of the Provisional Articles . To the President of Congress . Chavaniac , in the Province ...
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... Importance of a speedy decision of Congress in re- gard to the negotiations for peace , for securing the favor of Spain , and for facilitating the co - operation of the French forces in America . To the President of Congress ...
... Importance of a speedy decision of Congress in re- gard to the negotiations for peace , for securing the favor of Spain , and for facilitating the co - operation of the French forces in America . To the President of Congress ...
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... important concessions for the sake of effecting an exchange . George Washington to M. de la Luzerne . Head Quarters , Morristown , February 15th , 1780 , Declines granting a detachment requested of him , on account of the feebleness of ...
... important concessions for the sake of effecting an exchange . George Washington to M. de la Luzerne . Head Quarters , Morristown , February 15th , 1780 , Declines granting a detachment requested of him , on account of the feebleness of ...
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... important intelligence . Mahon has been taken rather sooner than was expected ; the siege of Gibraltar is going on , and some do not consider it impossible that it should fall into the hands of the Spaniards . The taking of St Kitts was ...
... important intelligence . Mahon has been taken rather sooner than was expected ; the siege of Gibraltar is going on , and some do not consider it impossible that it should fall into the hands of the Spaniards . The taking of St Kitts was ...
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... important to obtain such a political advantage . • I beg you will please to communicate the contents of my letter to Congress ; as I do not enter into any particulars with the President . Accept the assurance of the high esteem and most ...
... important to obtain such a political advantage . • I beg you will please to communicate the contents of my letter to Congress ; as I do not enter into any particulars with the President . Accept the assurance of the high esteem and most ...
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affairs aforesaid agreed alliance allies answer appointed arms arrival Atlantic ocean authorised Bay of Fundy Benjamin Franklin Britain Britannic Majesty British Carolina cause Christian Majesty citizens commerce commission Commissioners communicate confiscated Count d'Estaing Court DAVID HARTLEY declaration definitive treaty desire enemy Europe Excellency favor Florida French frigates Gentlemen GERARD give gress Henry Laurens hereby honor hope inform intercourse interest Island John Adams JOHN JAY LAFAYETTE Lake latitude letter liberty LUZERNE Majesty's merchants Minister of France Minister Plenipotentiary month nations navigation negotiation North America Nova Scotia opinion Paris persons Philadelphia pleased Plenipotentiary of France ports powers present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS proper proposed propositions Provisional Articles ratification received reciprocity resolution respect Richard Oswald Secretary sentiments ships signed South Carolina squadron St Lawrence stipulations subjects thence thereof thousand seven hundred tion Translation treaty of peace undersigned United Versailles vessels whereas wish
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Page 112 - Lawrence, and at all other Places in the Sea where the Inhabitants of both Countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the Inhabitants of the United States shall have Liberty to take Fish of every Kind on such Part of the Coast of New-foundland as British Fishermen shall use, (but not to dry or cure the same on that Island) And also on the Coasts Bays & Creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America...
Page 89 - 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 112 - Liberty to dry and cure Fish in any of the unsettled Bays Harbours and Creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said Fishermen to dry or cure Fish at such Settlement, without a previous Agreement for that purpose with the Inhabitants, Proprietors or Possessors of the Ground.
Page 180 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 103 - 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 the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
Page 90 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 113 - ... not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which, on the return of the blessings of peace, should universally prevail.
Page 91 - The navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 112 - 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 113 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.