The Peace Negotiations of 1782 and 1783 An Address Delivered Before the New York Historical Society on Its Seventy-Ninth Anniversary, Tuesday, November 27, 1883 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Peace Negotiations of 1782 and 1783: An Address Delivered Before the New York Historical Society on Its Seventy-Ninth Anniversary, Tuesday, November 27, 1883 The time at which this Anniversary will occur suggests, as a fitting subject for the occasion, the history of that important treaty by which Great Britain recognized the freedom and independence Of the United States, a recognition alike unqualified and irrevocable, notwithstanding the efforts to make it otherwise, and subject it to the contingencies Of the policy, influence, and authority of France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.