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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
eric to Goltz, 7 Jan., 1777. I guarantee to you reciprocity on the part of his most Christian majesty, was the answer of Maurepas. Goltz to Frederic, 30 Jan., 1777. On the fourteenth of February, 1777, the American commissioners at Paris transian envoy was commanded to be watchful, but to be silent. No sooner had the emperor retired than Frederic, knowing that Maurepas had resisted the influence of the queen, renewed his efforts; and, through a confidential French agent sent to him undersion. Even so late as the twenty-third of November, every one of them, except the minister of the marine and Vergennes, Maurepas above all, desired to avoid a conflict. Goltz to Frederic, 23 Nov., 1777. Frederic, on his part, all the more continueceived at Paris, and every face, even that of the French king, showed signs of joy, Goltz to Frederic, 7 Dec., 1777. Maurepas prepared to yield; but first wished the great warrior who knew so well the relative forces of the house of Bourbon and E