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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
rgennes always maintained that Chap. XXI.} 1780. France was held in honor to sustain their independence, but that their boundaries were contingent on events; Compare Vergennes to Montmorin, 22 Jan., 1781. and to conciliate independence with the honor of England, Ibid., 13 Jan., 1780. and quiet the apprehensions of Spain, he was willing to leave to England at the peace Canada, according to the old French claims, and the country west and north-west of the Ohio. Ibid., 26 April and 4 Dec., 1780. But King Charles desired to retain them if possible in some kind of vassalage to Great Britain, Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Jan., 1780. or give them up to helpless anarchy. Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Feb., 1780. He would not receive Jay as an envoy, and declined even a visit from the late minister of France at Philadelphia, on his way back from his mission. If American independence was to be granted, it must be only on such terms as would lead to endless quarrels with England. I