The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Band 3N. Hale and Gray & Bowen, 1829 |
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... able to complete their junction . I understand that Mr Lee has lately been at Paris , that Mr Deane is still there , and that an underhand supply is obtained from the government of two hundred brass field pieces , thirty thousand ...
... able to complete their junction . I understand that Mr Lee has lately been at Paris , that Mr Deane is still there , and that an underhand supply is obtained from the government of two hundred brass field pieces , thirty thousand ...
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... able to write with more certainty . I beg you to present my duty to Congress , and assure them of my most faithful endeavors in their service . With the sincerest esteem and respect , I have the honor to be , & c . B. FRANKLIN . TO THE ...
... able to write with more certainty . I beg you to present my duty to Congress , and assure them of my most faithful endeavors in their service . With the sincerest esteem and respect , I have the honor to be , & c . B. FRANKLIN . TO THE ...
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... able officer of horse , and capable of being extremely useful to us , in forming a body of men for that service . As he has otherwise an excellent character , I take the liberty of recommending him to my friends as a stranger of merit ...
... able officer of horse , and capable of being extremely useful to us , in forming a body of men for that service . As he has otherwise an excellent character , I take the liberty of recommending him to my friends as a stranger of merit ...
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... able to contribute to the payment of necessary national debts . In America , salaries , where indispensable , are extremely low ; but much of the public business is done gratis . The honor of serving the public ably and faithfully is ...
... able to contribute to the payment of necessary national debts . In America , salaries , where indispensable , are extremely low ; but much of the public business is done gratis . The honor of serving the public ably and faithfully is ...
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... able to dis- charge the present indiscreet increase of its expenses . 5. Respecting prospects of greater future ability Brit- ain has none such . Her islands are circumscribed by the ocean ; and excepting a few parks or forests , she ...
... able to dis- charge the present indiscreet increase of its expenses . 5. Respecting prospects of greater future ability Brit- ain has none such . Her islands are circumscribed by the ocean ; and excepting a few parks or forests , she ...
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Adams Alliance allies America answer appointment arrived Arthur Lee bills Britain Captain Jones cargo Christian Majesty Colonel Laurens commerce commission Commissioners Committee of Foreign copy correspondence COUNT DE VERGENNES Court of Denmark DAVID HARTLEY Dear Sir desire Dr Franklin drafts enclosed endeavor enemy England English esteem Europe Excellency exchange expected expense favor Foreign Affairs French frigate furnished give gress hands Holland honor hope humble servant instructions JAMES LOVELL John Paul Jones King late letter livres loan Lord North Marquis de Lafayette ment mention Minister nation necessary negotiation obliged obtained occasion officers opinion Paris Parliament Passy peace person Philadelphia ports pounds sterling present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners prizes procure proposed propositions received request respect sail SAMUEL HUNTINGTON sent ships Spain squadron supplies suppose taken thousand tion treaty troops truce United VERGENNES vessels wish
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Seite 401 - I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me the 4th instant, as also those which accompanied it.
Seite 66 - America; but that you would treat the said Captain Cook and his people with all civility and kindness, affording them, as common friends to mankind, all the assistance in your power, which they may happen to stand in need of.
Seite 100 - The two parties guarantee mutually from the present time and forever against all other powers, to wit, the United States to his most Christian Majesty the present possessions of the Crown of France in America as well as those which it may acquire by the future Treaty of peace...
Seite 100 - States, their liberty, sovereignty and independence, absolute and unlimited, as well in matters of government as commerce, and also their possessions, and the additions or conquests, that their confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the dominions now, or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America...
Seite 280 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Seite 162 - M. De Vergennes, who appears much offended, told me yesterday, that he would enter into no further discussions with Mr. Adams, nor answer any more of his letters. He is gone to Holland to try, as he told me, whether something might not be done to render us a little less dependent on France.
Seite 443 - On perusing this paper, I recollected that a bill had been sometime since proposed in Parliament, to enable his Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with the revolted Provinces in America, which I supposed to be the enabling bill mentioned, that had hitherto slept, and not having been passed, was perhaps the true reason why the Colonies were not mentioned in Mr Grenville's commission. Mr Oswald thought it likely, and said that the words, "Insertion of Commissioners, recommended by Mr Oswald...
Seite 454 - Virginia; setting him at entire liberty to act in his civil or military capacity, until the pleasure of Congress shall be known, to whom is reserved the confirmation or disapprobation of this discharge, in case they have made, or shall intend to make, a different disposition. "Given at Passy, this 9th day of June, 1782. "B. FRANKLIN, "Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of France.
Seite 356 - ... been obtained under the form, as proposed by the representation, which I delivered to the Secretaries of State, and, I make no doubt, will sincerely join my Lord Cornwallis in an acknowledgment of your favor and good offices, in granting his Lordship a full discharge of his parole abovementioned.
Seite 65 - Captain Cook ; an undertaking truly laudable in itself, as the increase of geographical knowledge facilitates the communication between distant nations, in the exchange of useful products and manufactures, and the extension of arts, whereby the common enjoyments of human life are multiplied and augmented, and science of other kinds increased to the benefit of mankind in general...