Author: Robert R Livingston
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Written in the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Marked as a copy of a letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs Livingston to General Washington. Docket in Knox's hand. Sends the agreeable Intelligence of Peace, upon which I most sincerely congratulate you and the Army - Harmony, a Regard for Justice, & Fidelity to our Engagements, are all that now remains to render us a happy people. Says the vessel with the news was sent by Comte d'Estaing, who was recalling French cruisers from America waters. Says this news should be immediately sent to British commander Sir Guy Carleton by either Congress or Washington. Says he received a private letter stating the Bahama Islands were ceded to the British. Believes that Holland seems to have come worst off, & France, by getting little for herself, has laid in a Store of Reputation which will be worth more than much Territory. Postscript states that with the permission of Congress he sent Lewis Morris to inform Carleton of the peace. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.09383, Washington's 27 March 1783 letter to Knox.
Robert Livingston to George Washington about a Peace Agreement, 22 March 1783
Author: Robert R Livingston
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Written in the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Marked as a copy of a letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs Livingston to General Washington. Docket in Knox's hand. Sends the agreeable Intelligence of Peace, upon which I most sincerely congratulate you and the Army - Harmony, a Regard for Justice, & Fidelity to our Engagements, are all that now remains to render us a happy people. Says the vessel with the news was sent by Comte d'Estaing, who was recalling French cruisers from America waters. Says this news should be immediately sent to British commander Sir Guy Carleton by either Congress or Washington. Says he received a private letter stating the Bahama Islands were ceded to the British. Believes that Holland seems to have come worst off, & France, by getting little for herself, has laid in a Store of Reputation which will be worth more than much Territory. Postscript states that with the permission of Congress he sent Lewis Morris to inform Carleton of the peace. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.09383, Washington's 27 March 1783 letter to Knox.
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Written in the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Marked as a copy of a letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs Livingston to General Washington. Docket in Knox's hand. Sends the agreeable Intelligence of Peace, upon which I most sincerely congratulate you and the Army - Harmony, a Regard for Justice, & Fidelity to our Engagements, are all that now remains to render us a happy people. Says the vessel with the news was sent by Comte d'Estaing, who was recalling French cruisers from America waters. Says this news should be immediately sent to British commander Sir Guy Carleton by either Congress or Washington. Says he received a private letter stating the Bahama Islands were ceded to the British. Believes that Holland seems to have come worst off, & France, by getting little for herself, has laid in a Store of Reputation which will be worth more than much Territory. Postscript states that with the permission of Congress he sent Lewis Morris to inform Carleton of the peace. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.09383, Washington's 27 March 1783 letter to Knox.
Robert Livingston to Nathanael Greene Regarding News of the Peace Treaty, 12 March 1783
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I should think it prudent to maintain so respectable a force in Georgia and South Carolina as would discourage any attempt on them fin case the Negotiations should prove abortive.
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I should think it prudent to maintain so respectable a force in Georgia and South Carolina as would discourage any attempt on them fin case the Negotiations should prove abortive.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution
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Pages : 758
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution
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Pages : 770
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution. Being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. de Lafayette, M. Dumas, and Others, Concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States During the Whole Revolution; Together with the Letters in Reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs : Also, the Entire Correspondence of the French Ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress. Published Under the Direction of the President of the United States, from the Original Manuscripts in the Department of State, Conformably to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. Edited by Jared Sparks. Vol. 1. [- 12.]
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Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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Index, the Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Leacraft, W.-Pyttis
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Pages : 1494
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
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Pages : 1502
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: East Whiteland-Leacraft, G
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Pages : 1488
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Washington Papers
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