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mmissioners in 1778 implied a willingness to treat with Great Britain on her recognition of American independence. It has but one course to take, wrote Vergennes before his treaty with Spain, and that is to declare distinctly and roundly, that it will listen to no proposition, unless it has for its basis peace with France as well as with America. On the report of an able committee on which are found the names of Samuel Adams and Jay, congress, on the fourteenth of January, 1779, resolved Jan. 14. unanimously, that as neither France nor these United States may of right, so they will not conclude either truce or peace with the common enemy, without the formal consent of their ally first obtained. The conditions on which it was most difficult for the Americans to preserve moderation related to Chap. IX.} 1779. boundaries and to the fisheries. They were to take their place in the political world as an unknown power, of whose future influence both France and Spain had misgiving