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Treaties, Anglo-American
In the spring of 1782, Richard Oswald was sent by the British ministry to Paris, to confer with Dr. Franklin on the subject of peace.
His mission was initiatory in character.
In July following Oswald was vested with full power to negotiate a treaty of peace, and in September the United States appointed four commissioners, representing the various sections of the Uni and Henry Laurens, of South Carolina.
These were all in Europe at the time.
Dr. Franklin and Mr. Oswald had already prepared the way for harmonious negotiations.
Franklin had assured Oswald that inOswald that independence, satisfactory boundaries, and a participation in the fisheries would be indisputable requisites in a treaty.
In July, Parliament had passed a bill to enable the King to acknowledge the in Paris, and on Nov. 30, 1782, a preliminary treaty of peace was signed by the commissioners and Mr. Oswald, without the knowledge of the French government.
This was a violation of the treaty of allian
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Preface. (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 26 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 27 : (search)
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28 : (search)
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