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HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT.

BY

GEORGE BANCROFT.

The Author's Last Revision.

VOLUME V.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

1888.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

COPYRIGHT,

BY GEORGE BANCROFT,

1866, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1884.

CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

Reception of declaration of American independence in Maryland

In Philadelphia.

By the convention of New York

In Virginia, Massachusetts, and South Carolina

Arrival of Lord Howe with a commission for restoring peace

His offers to treat are declined

Congress sends him their declaration engrossed on parchment
Franklin to Lord Howe .

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The exchange of prisoners agreed upon. Plan of a confederation
Opinion of Edward Rutledge. The articles of confederation in committee
Shall white inhabitants only be counted for taxation?
What are to be the powers of the general congress?

Shall the states as well as individuals be represented? The public lands
An immediate confederation not possible. Crown Point abandoned
Signing the declaration. France on the way to an alliance with America
Silas Deane an agent for America.

Character of Deane. Advice of Vergennes read to the king in committee
Beaumarchais and friends of America in France

Marquis de Lafayette. The king of Spain and his ministers

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