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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 55: (search)
obtained such just views, that his report to the French minis- Chap. LV.} 1775. Dec. ter, though confusedly written, is in substance exact. He explained that the Americans hesitated about a declaration of independence, and an appeal to France; that the British king had not as yet done them evil enough; that they still waited to have more of their towns destroyed and more of their houses burned, before they would completely abhor the emblems of British power; that a brig was despatched to Nantes for munitions of war, and an arrangement made for purchasing the same articles of France by way of St. Domingo; that skilful engineers were much wanted; that everybody in the colonies appeared to have turned soldier; that they had given up the English flag, and had taken for their devices, a rattlesnake with thirteen rattles, and a mailed arm holding thirteen arrows. The communications of the French agent to the secret committee were not without influence on the proceedings of congress; i