Beaumarchais and the American RevolutionLexington Books, 2003 - 361 էջ Described by the magazine American Heritage as the "Most Underrated French Hero of the American Revolution," Caron de Beaumarchais--the French watchmaker who rose to fame and fortune as a dramatist, polemist, and Enlightenment free-thinker--became the most famous arms dealer of the American Revolutionary War. Based on archival research in Europe and the U.S., this authoritative study tells the fascinating story of Beaumarchais's role as an owner and outfitter of ships and as an arms merchant. It chronicles his dealings with Louis XVI, Vergennes, Benjamin Franklin, and the American Continental Congress, and his family's struggle to receive payment for the weapons and materiel sent to the American colonists. Morton and Spinelli's work is a rich, detailed history of the American Revolution and of one of the eighteenth century's most engaging characters. |
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... port of Bordeaux , laden with salt fish . Though this merchandise , coming from strangers , is prohibited in our ports , yet as soon as your deputy [ Silas Deane ] had told me that these vessels were sent to him by you to raise money ...
... port of Bordeaux , laden with salt fish . Though this merchandise , coming from strangers , is prohibited in our ports , yet as soon as your deputy [ Silas Deane ] had told me that these vessels were sent to him by you to raise money ...
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... port each week , coming generally from German , Dutch , Scandinavian , or English ports . The main harbor could hold as many as three hundred ships , but there was space for no more than about fifteen to thirty in its inner basin.58 ...
... port each week , coming generally from German , Dutch , Scandinavian , or English ports . The main harbor could hold as many as three hundred ships , but there was space for no more than about fifteen to thirty in its inner basin.58 ...
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... port was a mixture of commerce and naval activity , with the usual jealousies and arguments between the wealthy bourgeois shipowners and the less wealthy but powerful port authorities ; both were subject to arbitrariness , arrogance ...
... port was a mixture of commerce and naval activity , with the usual jealousies and arguments between the wealthy bourgeois shipowners and the less wealthy but powerful port authorities ; both were subject to arbitrariness , arrogance ...
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