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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Preface. (search)
d to Vergennes, repeated in the accounts addressed by Vergennes himself to Montmorin, the French ambassador at Madrid, and to Luzerne, the French minister at Philadelphia. On the British side, I have the official letters of Shelburne and Secretary Townshend, and of every member of the British commission; beside a profusion of the private letters and papers of Shelburne and of Oswald. I have also the private papers, as well as the official ones, of Strachey; and the courtesy of the present hehe allowed me to make transcripts from them all, as well as from fragments of Lord Shelburne's autobiography. This generosity was all the greater, as Lord FitzMaurice will himself write a biography of his ancestor. The conduct of Shelburne, Townshend, and the younger Pitt, in 1782, in the negotiations for peace with America, are marked by liberality and candor; but as to the administration of Lord North, English opinion will finally decide that it no more deserves to be recognised as the ex
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28: (search)
ll on William Pitt, who had not yet avowed himself in parliament for American independence, and who was in little danger of becoming too much dipped in the wild measures of the leaders of sedition; but it was assigned to the more experienced Thomas Townshend, who had ever condemned the violation of the principles of English liberty in the administration of British colonies in America. Pitt, at three and twenty years old, became chancellor of the exchequer; the Chap. XXVIII.} 1782. July 9. seatransferred from Brussels to Paris, to be the channel of communication with Spain, France, and Holland. He brought with him a letter of recommendation to Franklin from Grantham, who expressed his desire to merit Franklin's confidence, and from Townshend, who declared himself the zealous friend to peace upon the fairest and most liberal terms. While the commission and instructions of Oswald were preparing, Shelburne, who best understood American affairs, accepted the ultimatum of Franklin in
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 29: (search)
unchanged; but the cabinet complained of Oswald for yielding everything, and gave him for an assistant Henry Strachey, Townshend's under-secretary of state. On the twentieth of October, both of the secretaries of 20. state being present, Shelburn. On the other hand, Franklin, in reply to a letter which he had received from the secretary, Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Nov. Townshend, gave an earnest warning: I am sensible you have ever been averse to the measures that brought on this unhappy war; I hn the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom. In the general tremulousness among the ministers, Townshend and William Pitt remained true to Shelburne; and a third set of articles was prepared, to which these three alone gave d Baltimore, was to be demanded. If they insist in the plea of the want of power to treat of these subjects, said 19. Townshend, you will intimate to them in a proper manner that they are driving us to a necessity of applying directly to those who