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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
land. Frederic to Maltzan, 27 Feb., 1775. He was astonished at the apathy and gloomy silence of the British nation on undertaking a war alike absurd and fraught with hazard. Ibid., 17 July, 1775. The treatment of the colonies, he wrote in September, appears to me to be the first step towards despotism. If in this the king should succeed, he will by and by attempt to impose his own will upon the mother country. Ibid., 11 Sept., 1775, and compare 14 Aug., 1775. In October, 1775, the Bri to me very problematical. Without a fleet, how could I cause such a commerce to be respected? Frederic to Maltzan, 3 June, 1776. I shall never be able to form a navy strong enough to protect it. Frederic to Maltzan, 1 July, 1776. In September, he received from his minister in London Maltzan to Frederic, 20 Aug., 1776. Frederic to Maltzan, Potsdam, 2 Sept., 1776. a French version of the American declaration of independence. He had predicted that measure when first informed that
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 5: (search)
forcement of four thousand men, landed the day after the escape. 31. The British general returned to New York, having Sept. accomplished nothing, except that a detachment under Grey set fire to the shipping in New Bedford, and then levied cattlesh government or its army to reduce the United States served only to promote its independence. In 1775 Chap. V.} 1778. Sept. they sought to annihilate the rebellion by attacking it at its source; and before many months they were driven out of Bos under Clinton could hold no part of the country, and only ravage and destroy by sudden expeditions. Towards the end of Sept. September Cornwallis led a foray into New Jersey; and Major-General Grey with a party of infantry, surprising Baylor's liSeptember Cornwallis led a foray into New Jersey; and Major-General Grey with a party of infantry, surprising Baylor's light horse, used the bayonet mercilessly against men that sued for quarter. A band led by Captain Patrick Ferguson in October, Oct. after destroying the shipping in Little Egg harbor, spread through the neighboring country to burn the houses and wa
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 7: (search)
a half millions of livres, at five livres to the dollar, in payment of loanoffice certificates, leaving Franklin and his colleagues to meet the bills of exchange as they could. Of continental bills, five millions of dollars were issued in May, as many more in June, and as many more in Chap. VII.} 1778. July. In August congress devoted two days in the week to the consideration of its finances, but with no better result than to order five millions of dollars in paper in the first week of September, and ten millions more in the last. Certificates of the loan offices were also used in great amounts in payment of debts to the separate states, especially to Pennsylvania. The legalized use of paper money spread its neverfailing blight. Trade became a game of hazard. Unscrupulous debtors discharged contracts of long standing in bills, worth perhaps but a twentieth of their nominal value. The unwary ran in debt, while cunning creditors waited for payment till the continental bills s
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
rica should be recognised by the English. Declaration of van Berckel, 23 Sept., 1778, in Dip. Cor., i. 457. To get rid of everything of which England could Sept. complain, the offer made in April by Franklin, Arthur Lee, and John Adams, to negotiate a treaty of commerce between America and the Netherlands, together with a cthe Alliance; and four days before the end of the year Paul Jones, with his Eng- Dec. 27. lish captures, left the Texel. An American frigate, near the end of September, had entered the port of Bergen with two rich prizes. Sept. Yielding to the British envoy at Copenhagen, Bernstorff, the Danish minister, seized the occasion toSept. Yielding to the British envoy at Copenhagen, Bernstorff, the Danish minister, seized the occasion to publish an ordinance forbidding the sale of prizes, until they should have been condemned in a court Chap. XII.} 1779. of admiralty of the nation of the privateer; and he slipped into the ordinance the declaration, that, as the king of Denmark had recognised neither the independence nor the flag of America, its vessels could not
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
and rigging, that the French recovered the superiority. To a direct co-operation with the United States d'estaing was drawn by the wish of congress, the entreaties of South Carolina, and his own neverfail-ing good-will. On the first day of September he Sept. 1. approached Georgia so suddenly that he took by surprise four British ships of war. To the government of South Carolina he announced his readiness to assist in reducing Savannah; but as there was neither har- Chap. XIII.} 1779. Sept. bor, nor road, nor offing to receive his twenty ships of the line, he made it a condition that his fleet, which consisted of thirty-three sail, should not be detained long off so dangerous a coast. South Carolina glowed with joy in the fixed belief, that the garrison of Savannah would lay down their arms. In ten days the 12. French troops, though unassisted, effected their landing. Meantime, the British commander worked day and night with relays of hundreds of negroes to strengthen his d
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
town, Charleston, Beaufort, and Savannah on the sea; Augusta, Ninety-Six, and Camden in the interior. Of these Camden was the most im- Chap. XV.} 1780. July. portant, for it was the key between the north and south; by a smaller post at Rocky Mount, it kept up a communication with Ninety-Six. In the opinion of Clinton, six thousand men were required to hold Carolina and Georgia; yet at the end of June Cornwallis reported that he had put an end to all resistance in those states, and in September, after the harvest, would march into North Carolina to reduce that province. But the violence of his measures roused the courage of despair. On hearing of the acts of the British, Houston, the delegate in congress from Georgia, wrote to Jay: Our misfortunes are, under God, the source of our safety. Our captive soldiers will, as usual, be poisoned, starved, and insulted,—will be scourged into the service of the enemy; the citizens will suffer pillaging, violences, and conflagrations; a f
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 16: (search)
t the whole country seemed upon the eve of a revolt. In the second week of September, when the heats Sept. of summer had abated, the earlier cereal grains had beSept. of summer had abated, the earlier cereal grains had been harvested and the maize was nearly ripe, Cornwallis began his projected march. He relied on the loyalists of North Carolina to recruit his army. On his left, Mae. With a corps of one hundred provincials and one hundred Chap. XVI.} 1780. Sept. Cherokees, Brown maintained a position on Garden Hill for nearly a week, when hrmy at bay. From Charlotte Cornwallis pursued his course Chap. XVI.} 1780. Sept. towards Salisbury. Meantime, the fugitives under Macdowell recounted the sorro All the while Marion had been on the alert. hundred tories had been sent in September to sur- Sept. prise him; and with but fifty-three men he first surprised a pSept. prise him; and with but fifty-three men he first surprised a part of his pursuers, and then drove the main body to flight. At Black Mingo, on the twenty-eighth, he made a 28. successful attack on a guard of sixty militia, a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
niently, and sentenced him only to be reprimanded by the commander-in-chief. The reprimand was marked with the greatest forbearance. The French minister, to whom Arnold applied for money, put aside his request and added wise and friendly advice. In the course of the winter of 1778-1779, he was taken into the pay of Clinton, to whom he gave on every occasion most material intelligence. The plot received the warmest encouragement from Lord George Germain, who, towards the end of 1779. September, wrote to Clinton: Next to the destruction of Washington's army, the gaining over officers of influence and reputation among the troops would be the speediest means of subduing the rebellion and restoring the tranquillity of America. Your commission authorizes you to avail yourself of such opportunities, and there can be no doubt that the expense will be cheerfully submitted to. Lord George Germain to Clinton, 27 Sept., 1779. Extract. It will not, I am persuaded, escape your sagacity
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 19: (search)
unanimously ratified the treaties of alliance and commerce between France and the United States; and the governor had, under the seal of the commonwealth, notified the French minister at Philadelphia of the act. On this procedure, Vergennes in September instructed the French minister at Phil- Sept. adelphia in these words: During the war it is essential both for the United States and for us that their union should be as perfect as possible. When they shall be left to themselves, the general Sept. adelphia in these words: During the war it is essential both for the United States and for us that their union should be as perfect as possible. When they shall be left to themselves, the general confederation will have much difficulty in maintaining itself, and will perhaps be replaced by separate confederations. Should this revolution take place, it will weaken the United States, which have not now and never will have real and respectable strength except by their union. But it is for themselves alone to make these reflections. We have no right to pre- Chap. XIX.} 1779. sent them for their consideration, and we have nointerest whatever to see America play the part of a power. The
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
t that England would be forced to recognise it. The Marquis de Verac to Vergennes, 1 Sept., 1780. He could not grant the wished — for guarantee of the Dutch possessions in America, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in India; but in the course of September he drafted the Sept. convention which he held to be the only possible one between Russia and the republic. Ibid., 12 Sept., 1780. The draft did not include a general guarantee; but, if the republic should be attacked on account of the conveSept. convention which he held to be the only possible one between Russia and the republic. Ibid., 12 Sept., 1780. The draft did not include a general guarantee; but, if the republic should be attacked on account of the convention, the other powers were to take her part. A separate article declared the object of the armed neutrality to be the restoration of peace. At the same time couriers were despatched to the courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen; so that against the return of a favorable answer from the Hague all things might be prepared for receiving the Dutch republic into the league of neutral powers. Every step of this negotiation was watched by England, with the determination, if it should succeed, to d
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