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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 35: (search)
the act of bad faith conducted by his col- Chap. XXXV.} 1768. July. leagues. Grafton's Autobiography. Unsolicited by Paoli, the General of the insurgents, they sent to him Dunant, a Genevese, as a British emissary, with written Grafton to Dussels, muskets with bayonets, and small field-pieces, such as could be carried on mules; Conference of Dunant with General Paoli, 24 July, 1768. but he gave assurances of the fixed purpose of himself and of the Corsican people to defend their common liberty; Pasquali di Paoli to the Duke of Grafton, 24 July, 1768. and persuaded the British Ministry, that if supplied with what he needed, he could hold out for eighteen months. Grafton's Autobiography. A moment was not lost in supplying ent from Government. While British Ministers were enjoying the thought of baffling France, they had the vexation to find Paoli himself obliged to retire by way of Leghorn to England. But their notorious interference was treasured up in memory as a