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Title:
PRO 30/55/076/003 - Copy Letter
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-04-01
Date to:
1783-07-01
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/076/003
Full Description:
Intelligence. Extracts of letters from a member of Congress. The perceived attempts by the French to obstruct the peace negotiations with the intent of prejudicing the United States and rendering them largely dependent on the French; refers to Count de Vergennes, Mr Oswald, Jay, Adams and Dana; a possible French monopoly of the American tobacco trade; the policy towards refugees; Congress; the heightened situation in Massachusetts; the desirability of having a British envoy in America to counteract the activities of the French there &c.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16528768
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_76_3