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Chapter 26:
England refuses to continue the
American war.
1782.
the campaign in
Virginia being finished, Wash-
Chap. XXVI.} 1782. Jan. 7. |
ington and the eastern army were cantoned for the winter in their old positions around New York;
Wayne, with the
Pennsylvania line, marched to the south to re-enforce
Greene; the
French under
Rochambeau encamped in
Virginia; and
de Grasse took his fleet to the
West Indies.
From
Philadelphia,
Robert R. Livingston, the first American secretary for foreign affairs, communicated to
Franklin the final instructions for negotiating peace; and the firm tone of
Franklin's reply awakened new hopes in congress.
While the conditions of peace were under consideration, America obtained an avowed friend in the Dutch republic.
John Adams had waited more than eight months for an audience of reception, unaided even indirectly by the French ambassador at the Hague, because interference would have pledged
