Peace Negotiations, Anglo-American
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Great Britain
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negotiators lack full powers
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Fitzherbert's commission
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political situation and
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effect of military victories on
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B. Vaughan as Shelburne's observer at
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Shelburne's sincerity questioned
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Issues for
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U.S. trade with West Indies
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compensation to loyalists
See also: Commissioners at Paris (2d joint commission)
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progress of and prospects for
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British attitude toward
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possibility of and prospects for
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U.S. admission to Armed Neutrality and
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JA on prospects of negotiations for
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and JA's “Letters from a Distinguished American”
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British see Anglo-Amer. reconciliation possible short of independence
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JA sees Fox's policies as more amenable to
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Laurens' participation in
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effect of Dutch recognition of U.S. on
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possible separate peace
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JA on Brit. attitudes toward
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Jay provides JA with information on
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congress debates ultimata for treaty of
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parliamentary debates on
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proposal for, under Austro-Russian mediation
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compatibility with French treaties and no separate
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Digges meets with JA concerning
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Laurens' meetings with JA concerning
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comments on proposals for
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JA's position on a separate
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possible general peace conference
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Carleton and Digby plan for
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Digges' meeting with JA concerning
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Franco-Amer. alliance and
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George III's opposition to
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JA on Shelburne's policy
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independence as prerequisite for
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British defeat needed for
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British recognition of Amer. independence required before negotiations
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British unreadiness for
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French role in planning and negotiating
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JA needs information on progress of
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JA on effect of British successes on willingness to make
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JA prepares to go to Paris for
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JA's powers to negotiate
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preliminary negotiations
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H. Laurens meets with JA about
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JA sends copies of commissions to Livingston
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Rockingham ministry's position on
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acquiring British possessions in North America for lasting
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commerce as incentive for
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joint commission and instructions for
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possible cession of Canada and Nova Scotia
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recognition of Amer. independence as sine qua non for
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truce as alternative to peace treaty
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Bedford party moves to establish
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British refuse to negotiate with U.S. on
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Carleton-Digby peace commission
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Congress' commitment to
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Franklin-Oswald meetings on
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JA will communicate Brit. proposals to Franklin and Vergennes
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JA's commission and instructions for negotiating treaty of
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JA's efforts to promote
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JA's instructions of 1779
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Laurens on origins of plan attributed to Shelburne
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Rayneval's mission to England and
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Ridley's journal accounts of conversations with JA about
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and Clinton peace commission
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and Howe peace commission
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effort to promote (1778-1779)
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joint commissioners in Europe for
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possible dispatch of British commissioners to U.S.
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possible, based on uti posseditis
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proposed partition of U.S. in Anglo-Amer. negotiations
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British inquiries about as means to raise stocks
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British seek to avoid dealing with joint peace commission
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Congress debates terms for
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Conway on presence of Amer. negotiators for
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D. Hartley inquires about
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Franklin on progress of
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French inability to control joint peace commission
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JA criticizes Vergennes' policy toward
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JA on British knowledge of joint commission
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JA on British policy toward
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JA on arrival of Oswald's 2d commission
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JA on effect of illicit Anglo-Amer. trade on
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JA on effect of relief of Gibraltar on
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JA on negotiating with Englishmen
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JA seeks unfortified borders in
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JA will meet only with British plenipotentiaries for
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JA wishes to return to Massachusetts when completed
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Jay wishes to discuss with JA
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Livingston lacks information on
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Livingston seeks intelligence on
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Mississippi River as western boundary in
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and opposition party in Penn.
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armies as best negotiators
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arrival of, too soon held dangerous
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as Britain's only option
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correspondence between Franklin and D. Hartley on
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effect of North ministry's fall on
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intercepted Barbé-Marbois letter and
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negotiations among Fitzherbert, Franklin, and Jay
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negotiations with U.S. allies as substitute for direct
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possibility of long truce rather than treaty
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proposal that states of U.S. participate in conference for
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publication of “Letters from a Distinguished American” and
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support for equitable peace settlement in Britain
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treaty as recognition of U.S.
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truce a dangerous substitute for
