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May 25, 1782

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Portsmouth, May 25, 1782 

* Rare title

Most of the front page is taken up with a letter signed: "Impartialis" which derides the offer of a truce by England, warning that: "This word truce is a double headed monster: it is only to cease hostilities while they can act with more vigour against France...". Also in the letter: "...They have sent the olive branch to American, TO MAKE A TRUCE: But have they declared us INDEPENDENT?...They have agreed not to prosecute  the American war any longer, but not out of compassion or forbearance to shed human blood..." with much more. The writer than complains about New Hampshire's not having had a vote in Congress while it supplied the army with men & funds  during the War.
Within there are documents relating to John Adams' efforts to negotiate a treaty of commerce & friendship with the Dutch, as well as news reporting DeGrasse's defeat in Antigua by Rodney, and talk of British plans to evacuate New York and Charleston.
Also noteworthy is a letter: "...from his Excellency Gen. Washington to Sir Henry Clinton on the subject of the murder of Capt. Huddy." See the hyperlink for the significance of the murder of Huddy.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Category: Revolutionary War