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Parliament debates the issue of American independence...
Parliament debates the issue of American independence...
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March 05, 1778
EXTRA SUPPLEMENT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, (Philadelphia), March 5, 1778
* American Independence debate
The entire front page is taken up with reports from the House of Lords in London, with some discussion of the Revolutionary War & events in America. Bits include: "...We have the fullest confidence of success, from the number, discipline, and intrepidity of our troops & the ability of our Generals; when therefore we shall be victorious will be the proper time..." with more. And a bit further on is: "...that a cessation of hostilities should take place...will abandon a project totally unattended with the most distant prospect of success; for there the great basis for entering into any negotiation, peremptorily insisted on by the deputies, was to be an acknowledgment on our part of the independency of the colonies; in short, to recognize and treat with them as a sovereign, independent state, unitedly represented to the Continental Congress...I have the most confident hopes...that the next accounts from America will be favourable & that the most sure & certain means of enforcing a happy termination to the present rebellion will be...in the measures recommended from the throne..." and further on, carrying over to page 2: "...Many parts of America were still friendly to us...The noble Earl in office...says that America aimed at independence from the beginning & has insisted that their designs were pointed out...so early as the year 1774...the interview between Lord Howe & the Congress Delegates on Staten Island...the delegates refusing to treat with the commissioners unless we acknowledge American independency...' with more.
A single sheet "Extra Supplement" printed on both sides, measures 9 3/4 by 16 inches, bit close-trimmed ar the right margin touching or slightly shaving some letters near the bottom (see), otherwise very nice.
Category: Revolutionary War
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