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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... intended motion for an address to the King , What reliance can we have on an act expressing itself to be only a declaration of the inten- tion of parliament concerning the exercise of the RIGHT of imposing taxes in America , when in the ...
... intended motion for an address to the King , What reliance can we have on an act expressing itself to be only a declaration of the inten- tion of parliament concerning the exercise of the RIGHT of imposing taxes in America , when in the ...
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... intended . In England they may indeed amuse the public creditors , give hopes and expectations that shall be of some present use , and continue the mis - managers a little longer in their places . Foila tout ! In return for your ...
... intended . In England they may indeed amuse the public creditors , give hopes and expectations that shall be of some present use , and continue the mis - managers a little longer in their places . Foila tout ! In return for your ...
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... intended to draw me out " into those gardens for some bud purpose ; as the person " who pretended to have such urgent business with me has " never since appeared ; though ( refusing to go out at that " time of night ) , I appointed the ...
... intended to draw me out " into those gardens for some bud purpose ; as the person " who pretended to have such urgent business with me has " never since appeared ; though ( refusing to go out at that " time of night ) , I appointed the ...
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... proposing of a correspon- dence so to be managed , in a manner not necessary where fair dealing is intended , gives just reason to suppose you 219 intend the contrary . Besides , as your court has 30 PART III . PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
... proposing of a correspon- dence so to be managed , in a manner not necessary where fair dealing is intended , gives just reason to suppose you 219 intend the contrary . Besides , as your court has 30 PART III . PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
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... intended that Dr. Bancroft should proceed to Eng- land with a power from Dr. Franklin to negotiate an exchange of prisoners , but some difficulty having arisen , of which Mr. Hartley's letter contained an intimation , that journey did ...
... intended that Dr. Bancroft should proceed to Eng- land with a power from Dr. Franklin to negotiate an exchange of prisoners , but some difficulty having arisen , of which Mr. Hartley's letter contained an intimation , that journey did ...
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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.