The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c. Minister Plenipontentiary from the United States of America at the Court of France, and for the Treaty of Peace and Independence with Great Britain, &c. &c: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790, Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations, Հատոր 2Henry Colburn, 1817 |
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... Cornwallis ; Congress were pleased to offer somê time ago a British Lieutenant General for my ransom , and as I am informed the special exchange of Lord Corn- wallis for the same subject was lately in contemplation , it would afford me ...
... Cornwallis ; Congress were pleased to offer somê time ago a British Lieutenant General for my ransom , and as I am informed the special exchange of Lord Corn- wallis for the same subject was lately in contemplation , it would afford me ...
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... Lord Cornwallis , in a late conversation with me , put the following case . Suppose , said his lordship , it shall have been agreed in America that Lord Cornwallis should be offered in exchange for Mr. Laurens , do not you think ...
... Lord Cornwallis , in a late conversation with me , put the following case . Suppose , said his lordship , it shall have been agreed in America that Lord Cornwallis should be offered in exchange for Mr. Laurens , do not you think ...
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... Lord Cornwallis called on me the day before I left London , and was , as you may suppose , very anxious to know when he might probably hear from me on the subject of his release : let me therefore request your PART III . 183 OF BENJAMIN ...
... Lord Cornwallis called on me the day before I left London , and was , as you may suppose , very anxious to know when he might probably hear from me on the subject of his release : let me therefore request your PART III . 183 OF BENJAMIN ...
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... Lord Cornwallis , as far as in our power may lie ; but as we have no express authority for that purpose , and the ... Lord Corn- wallis will think himself well freed from his engagement and at liberty to exercise his military employments ...
... Lord Cornwallis , as far as in our power may lie ; but as we have no express authority for that purpose , and the ... Lord Corn- wallis will think himself well freed from his engagement and at liberty to exercise his military employments ...
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... Sir , with the greatest respect and esteem , yours sincerely , W. H. HARTLEY . Dr. Franklin . Wednesday , June 5. Mr. Oswald called again to acquaint me that Lord Cornwallis being very anxious to be discharged from his parole as soon as ...
... Sir , with the greatest respect and esteem , yours sincerely , W. H. HARTLEY . Dr. Franklin . Wednesday , June 5. Mr. Oswald called again to acquaint me that Lord Cornwallis being very anxious to be discharged from his parole as soon as ...
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Common terms and phrases
acquainted act of parliament Adams affairs aforesaid agreed allies answer appear assured Britain Britannic Majesty British commerce commission commissioners communicate Comte de Vergennes Congress considered conversation copy courier court DAVID HARTLEY DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR declared desire discharge disposition endeavour enemies England esteem Excellency expected express farther favour France FRANKLIN give Grenville HENRY LAURENS Holland honour hope house of Bourbon humble servant inclosed independence informed JOHN ADAMS King late ministry letter liberty London Lord Cornwallis Lord North Lord Shelburne Lordship Majesty's Marquis mentioned ministers nation North America Nova Scotia obedient obliged obtain offer opinion paper Paris parliament parole parties Passy persons plenipotentiary present prisoners proposed proposition reason received reconciliation respect RICHARD OSWALD Secretary sent sentiments ships sincere Spain suppose thing thought tion told treat of peace truce United Versailles wish write
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Էջ 303 - 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...
Էջ 312 - 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...
Էջ 303 - 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 the thirty-first degree of North latitude...
Էջ 304 - Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have 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.
Էջ 303 - 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, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Էջ 305 - Liberty, and his Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed and without causing any Destruction, or carrying away any Negroes, or other Property of the American Inhabitants, withdraw all his Armies, Garrisons and Fleets from the said United States, and from every Post place and Harbour within the same...
Էջ 302 - 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...
Էջ 71 - 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.
Էջ 303 - 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...
Էջ 305 - 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.