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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
mained but, in obedience to the spirit of Clinton's orders, to seize and fortify York and Gloucester. Answer, 174. Cornwallis accordingly, in the first week of August, embarked his troops suc- Aug. 1. 2. 8. cessively, and, evacuating Portsmouth, transferred his whole force to Yorktown and Gloucester. Yorktown was then but a sce of de Grasse, turned his whole thoughts towards moving with the French troops under Rochambeau and the best part of the American army to the Chap. XXV.} 1781. Aug. Chesapeake. While hostile divisions and angry jealousies increased between the two chief British officers in the United States, on the American side all things cohap. XXV.} 1781. Aug. 30. French seen a man penetrated with a livelier or more manifest joy than Washington when he there learned that, on the last day but one in August, the Count de Grasse with twenty-eight ships of the line, and nearly four thousand land troops, had entered the Chesapeake, where, without loss of time, he had mo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28: (search)
l peace, urged upon Jay that the powers of Oswald were sufficient, saying: This acceptance of your powers, in which you are styled commissioners from the United States of America, will be a tacit confession of your independence. Franklin had made no objection to the commission, and still believed that it would do. To Franklin, Jay made the remark: The count does not wish to see our independence acknowledged by Britain until they have made all their uses of us. But the Chap. XXVIII.} 1782 Aug. shortest way of defeating such a plan was to proceed at once to frame the treaty of peace with England. Franklin saw with dismay how fast the sands of Shelburne's official life were running out, and that with his removal the only chance of a favorable peace now so nearly concluded would be lost; but his advice brought upon him the suspicions of Jay. Oswald Sept. 1. not only communicated a copy of his commission, but a part of his instructions and a letter from the secretary of state, prom
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