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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 29
deed, added the king, he has had ample sample of it by my conduct towards him since his return to my service. No British prime-minister had professed more liberal principles. He wished a liberal reform of the representation of the people of Great Britain in parliament. Far from him was the thought that the prosperity of America could be injurious to England. He regarded neighboring nations as associates ministering to each other's prosperity, and wished to form with France treaties of comme times past. Having already explained that nothing could be done for the loyalists by the United States, as their estates had been confiscated by laws of particular states which congress had no power to repeal, he further demonstrated that Great Britain had forfeited every right to intercede for them by its conduct and example; to which end he read to Oswald the orders of the British in Carolina for confiscating and selling the lands and property of all patriots under the direction of the mi
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
vice of Madison and others, it was withheld, and one congressional committee was sent to importune the states of the north, another those of the south. It lay in the ideas of Morris to collect the taxes due to the United States by their own officers. The confederation acted only on the several states, and not on persons; yet he obtained authority by a vote of congress to appoint receivers of taxes, and for that office in New York he selected its most gifted statesman. From the siege of Yorktown, Hamilton had repaired to Albany, where he entered upon the study of the law that in summer he might be received as attorney, and in autumn as counsellor, ready meantime if the war should be renewed to take part in its dangers and in its honors. The place, which he accepted with hesitation, was almost a sinecure; but he was instructed by Morris to exert his talents with the New York legislature to forward the views of congress. He had often observed the facility with which the eastern sta
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ing could be done for the loyalists by the United States, as their estates had been confiscated by le alliance between France, Spain, and the United States; had been moderate in his desire for terriyou are styled commissioners from the United States of America, will be a tacit confession of your iidden to exercise any powers in any of the United States repugnant to the laws or constitution of srris took one-half as an investment of the United States, paying for it in full with their money. re pray to be assisted by the voice of the United States in congress. Supported by them, I may, pe of Morris to collect the taxes due to the United States by their own officers. The confederation his views on the only method by which the United States could obtain a constitution. On the July1782. against granting independence to the United States had left in America a distrust that was noumanity. The state of the treasury of the United States was deplorable. Of the quotas distributed[3 more...]
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
he votes of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, with Madison dissenting, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, seven states: single delegates from Rhode Island and Connecticut answered Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. ay; but their votes were not counted, because their states were insufficiently represented. Pennsylvania was eq each, the mutual jealousies which begin already to appear among them will assuredly defraud both our foreign and domestic creditors of their just claims. But Rhode Island obstinately resisted the grant. The legislature of Massachusetts after long delays gave its consent, but its act received the veto of Hancock. The legislaturhe quotas distributed among the states only four hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars were collected. Delaware and the three southern states paid nothing. Rhode Island, which paid thirty-eight thousand dollars, or a little more than a sixth of its quota, was proportionately the largest contributor. Morris wished to establish
France (France) (search for this): chapter 29
eighboring nations as associates ministering to each other's prosperity, and wished to form with France treaties of commerce as well as of peace. But Fox, who was entreated to remain in the ministry rchants and of American loyalists. He was at that time employed on a treaty of reimbursement to France by the United States for its advances of money; and he explained Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. July 10.e had before done to Grenville, the exact nature and the limits of the obligations of America to France for loans of which the debt and interest would be paid. The interview closed with the underst ability, was transferred from Brussels to Paris, to be the channel of communication with Spain, France, and Holland. He brought with him a letter of recommendation to Franklin from Grantham, who exp this also he yielded. In America, Jay had been an enthusiast for the triple alliance between France, Spain, and the United States; had been moderate in his desire for territory; and on fifteen div
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
of his Majesty's ministers to return it by every possible cordiality. There never have been two opinions since you were sent to Paris upon the acknowledgment of American independency, to the full extent of all the resolutions of the province of Maryland, enclosed to you by Dr. Franklin. But, to put this matter out of all possibility of doubt, a commission will be immediately forwarded to you containing full powers to treat and to conclude, with instructions from the minister who has succeeded it a charter for a national bank, of which the notes, payable on demand, should be receivable as specie for duties and taxes, and in payment of dues from the respective states. The measure was carried by the votes of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, with Madison dissenting, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, seven states: single delegates from Rhode Island and Connecticut answered Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. ay; but their votes were not counted, because their states were insuffici
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 29
cification, of which he reserved the direction to himself, Fitzherbert, a diplomatist of not much experience and no great ability, was transferred from Brussels to Paris, to be the channel of communication with Spain, France, and Holland. He brought with him a letter of recommendation to Franklin from Grantham, who expressed his d 27. treats. It will be the study of his Majesty's ministers to return it by every possible cordiality. There never have been two opinions since you were sent to Paris upon the acknowledgment of American independency, to the full extent of all the resolutions of the province of Maryland, enclosed to you by Dr. Franklin. But, to d alone to the substantial conclusion of the peace. At this moment, when the treaty seemed to need only to be drafted in form and signed, Jay, having arrived in Paris and recovered from illness, stayed all progress. Before treating for peace, he said, the independence of the United States ought to be acknowledged by act of parl
Jacksonboro (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
tandard of Greene. His successes had been gained by troops who had neither regular food, nor clothing, nor pay. In South Carolina, Greene and Wayne and Marion, and all others in high command, were never once led by the assassinations committed under the authority of Lord George Germain to injure the property or take the life of a loyalist, although private anger could not always be restrained. In conformity to the writs issued by Rutledge, as governor, the assembly met in January at Jacksonborough, on the Edisto. In the legislature were many of those who had been released from imprisonment, or had returned from exile. Against the advice of Gadsden, who insisted that it was sound policy to forget and forgive, laws Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. July 11. were passed banishing the active friends of the British government, and confiscating their estates. The Americans could not recover the city of Charleston by arms. The British, under the command of the just and humane General Leslie,
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
erica. The vacancies in the cabinet were soon filled up. For the home department the choice of the king fell on William Pitt, who had not yet avowed himself in parliament for American independence, and who was in little danger of becoming too much dipped in the wild measures of the leaders of sedition; but it was assigned to the more experienced Thomas Townshend, who had ever condemned the violation of the principles of English liberty in the administration of British colonies in America. Pitt, at three and twenty years old, became chancellor of the exchequer; the Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. July 9. seals of the foreign office were intrusted to Lord Grantham. In the house of commons, Fox made on the ninth of July his self-defence, which, in its vagueness and hesitation, betrayed his consciousness that he had no ground to stand upon. In the debate, Conway said with truth that eagerness for exclusive power was the motive of Fox, between whom and Shelburne the difference of policy for
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
euvres, succeeded in wresting the state from the hands of the British, obliging them to abandon post after post and redoubt after redoubt, until they were completely shut up in Savan- May 21. nah. A body of British cavalry and infantry went out four miles from Savannah to escort a strong party of Creeks and Choctaws into the town. In the following night, he threw himself with inferior force between them and Savannah, and, attacking them by surprise, totally defeated and dispersed them. At Sharon, five miles from Savannah, at half-past 1 in the morning of the twenty-fourth June 24. of June, a numerous horde of Creek warriors, headed by their ablest chiefs and a British officer, surprised Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. June. the camp of Wayne, and for a few moments were masters of his artillery. Wayne marshalled his troops, and, under a very heavy fire of small-arms and hideous yells of the savages, attacked them in front and flank with the sword and bayonet alone. The Indians resisted th
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