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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, The American revolution. (search)
ken the arbitrary British rules of contraband and blockade. In the year 1758 the losses of its merchants on these pretences were estimated at more than twelve million guilders. In 1762 four of its Chap. I.} 1778. ships, convoyed by a frigate, were taken, after an engagement; and though the frigate was released, George Grenville, then secretary of state, announced by letter to its envoy that the right of stopping Dutch ships with naval stores must be and would be sustained. Stormont to Yorke, 11 January, 1780. These violences began to wean the Dutch people from their attachment to England. Could the prizes, which her courts wrongfully condemned, compensate for the affections of an ally of a hundred years? But this was not the worst: she took advantage of the imperfections in the constitution of the Netherlands to divide their government, and by influence and corruption she won the party of the stadholder to her own uses. The republic was in many ways dear to the United S
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
an, 20 Jan., 1778; Elliot to Suffolk, 22 Feb., 1778, and Ibid., private and secret, of same date. Nevertheless the British cabinet persisted in seeking aid from Russia and the friendship of the king of Prussia. Suffolk to Elliot, 7 April, 1778. But from Petersburg Harris wrote: Chap. XI.} 1778. They never will be brought to subscribe to any stipulations in favor of our contest with the colonies. Our influence, never very high, has quite vanished. Harris to Suffolk, 2 Feb., to Sir I. Yorke, 1 May, 1778. Frederic relented so far as to allow a few recruits for the English army to pass through his dominions; and as a German prince he let it be known that he would save Hanover from French aggression; but proposals for closer relations with England were inflexibly declined. He is hostile, wrote Suffolk, Suffolk to Harris, 9 Jan., 1778. to that kingdom to whose liberal support in the last war he owes his present existence amongst the powers of Europe; and the British ministry
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
nce and total neglect. It was neither put in deliberation nor answered. The British secretary of state could find no ground for complaint whatever. Suffolk to Yorke, 17 July, 1778. Still the merchants of Amsterdam saw in the independence of the United States a virtual repeal of the British navigation acts; and the most plest in the manner which the stadholder had concerted, and which met exactly the hope of the British secretary of state. Private letter of the Prince of Orange to Yorke, 27 Oct., 1778; Secrete Resolutie van de Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Neder landen, 28 Oct., 1778; Yorke to Suffolk, 30 Oct., 1778. During the summer of 1778Yorke to Suffolk, 30 Oct., 1778. During the summer of 1778, British cruisers and Chap. XII.} 1778. privateers, swept on by the greed which masters the mind of those whose only object is spoil, scoured the seas in quest of booty. Other nations suffered, but none like the Netherlands. To the complaints of the Dutch that the clearest language of treaties was disregarded, the Earl of Suffo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
ieth of May, in a time of uninterrupted peace, Yorke was instructed to collect the best intelligenc would leave us no alternative. Stormont to Yorke, 11 Oct., 1780. On the last day of October, Yothe slightest ground for just complaint. Even Yorke, who saw everything with the eyes of an Englishman, thought their conduct rather fair. Yorke to Stormont, 7 Nov., 1780. Yet Stormont would bror any one possession in a state of defence. Yorke to Stormont, 3 Nov., 1780. The memorial tofrom which masts and shiptimber are excluded. Yorke urged that the alliance with the North was pusransaction. And give satisfaction too? asked Yorke. The prince answered: I hope they will commu, 7 Nov., 1780. Just after this interview, Yorke received from Stormont an inquiry as to where settlements in the West Indies. Stormont to Yorke, Confidential, 5 Dec., 1780. Then, on the sixt Stormont to Yorke, 16 Dec., 1780. While Yorke was still negotiating at the Hague, British cr[30 more...]