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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 57: (search)
s, to write to the free cities and several of the states of the empire, that Great Britain had no more connection with the empire than Russia or Spain, neither of which powers was permitted to recruit within its limits; but she was only required to throw gauze over her design; her contractor was very soon ready with a small instalment of a hundred and fifty men; and promised rapid success when the enterprise should get a little better into train. Moreover the Chap. LVII.} prince bishop of Liege and the elector of Cologne consented to shut their eyes to the presence of English agents, who also had recruiting stations in Neuwied and at Frankfort. The undertaking was prohibited by the laws of nations and of the empire; the British ministers therefore instructed their diplomatic representative at the small courts to give all possible aid to the execution of the service, but not officially to implicate his government. In this way thousands of levies were obtained to fill up British re