The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. de Lafayette, M. Dumas, and Others, Concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States During the Whole Revolution; Together with the Letters in Reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Also, the Entire Correspondence of the French Ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress, Volume 11N. Hale and Gray & Bowen, 1830 - United States |
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Page 41 - Resolved, That the minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the court of Versailles, be directed to cause an elegant sword, with proper devices, to be made and presented, in the name of the United States, to the Marquis de la Fayette.
Page 235 - ... perfectly consistent 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 239 - Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any Isegroes or other property of the American Inhabitants, withdraw all his Armies, Garrisons, and Fleets from the said United States, and from every Port, Place, and...
Page 13 - That the United States in Congress assembled, will cause to be erected at York, in Virginia, a marble column, adorned with emblems of the alliance between the United States and his most Christian majesty ; and inscribed with a succinct narrative of the surrender of earl Cornwallis...
Page 13 - Cornwallis to his excellency General Washington, commander-in-chief of the combined forces of America and France, to his excellency the Count de Rochambeau, commanding the auxiliary troops of his most Christian Majesty in America, and his excellency the Count de Grasse, commanding in chief the naval army of France in the Chesapeake.
Page 122 - SIR, I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me on the...
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Page 239 - ... 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 United States, and from 'every port, place, and harbor within the same...
Page 160 - He shall answer to such inquiries respecting his department as may be put from the chair by order of Congress, and to questions stated in writing about matters of fact which lie within his knowledge, when put by the President at the request of a member, and not disapproved of by Congress.
Page 211 - We have at length the consent of all the cities "and Provinces, and have adjusted and agreed " upon every article, word, syllable, letter and " point in the Treaty of commerce, and clerks are " employed in making out fair copies for the sig" nature, which will be done this week.