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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
XX.} 1780. Oct. 31. structed Yorke, and accede to the neutral convention, such an event would leave us no alternative. Stormont to Yorke, 11 Oct., 1780. On the last day of October, Yorke announced that the states-general, at their meeting in the first week of November, would disavow the transaction between Am- Nov. sterdam and America, but would decide to join the northern league. I am afraid, he said, we must proceed alone, and advise an immediate declaration. Yorke to Stormont, 31 Oct., 1780. On the third of November, this despatch was laid before the king. On that very same day, the states of Holland, after full deliberation, condemned the conduct of Amsterdam for the acts which Great Britain resented, and resolved to give to the British government every reasonable satisfaction, so as to leave not the slightest ground for just complaint. Even Yorke, who saw everything with the eyes of an Englishman, thought their conduct rather fair. Yorke to Stormont, 7 Nov., 1780