THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 8, 1784 

* Post-Revolutionary War loyalists 

Page 4 has a letter noting: "...from Annapolis...that the Congress has named commissioners to treat with the Indians for a general & permanent peace..." with more. Also a report from Nova Scotia that: "...New settlers are almost daily arriving from the southward & lots of land constantly distributing to Loyalists by order of the governor...".
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, great condition.

Background: This July 8, 1784 issue of The London Chronicle captures two pivotal post-Revolutionary War developments framing the transition from conflict to peace in North America: Federal Native American diplomacy and the mass displacement of Loyalists. Writing from Annapolis—where the Confederation Congress met from late 1783 through June 1784—the newspaper highlights the appointment of Congressional commissioners (who would orchestrate the seminal Treaty of Fort Stanwix later that October) tasked with negotiating permanent territorial boundaries and peace terms with Native American nations who had largely allied with Great Britain during the war. Simultaneously, the dispatch from Nova Scotia chronicles the huge influx of Loyalist refugees fleeing persecution and land confiscation in the newly sovereign United States. As Governor John Parr continuously distributed crown land grants to these southern arrival wave, Nova Scotia’s population doubled almost overnight, driving an administrative strain that directly prompted the British Crown to carve out the new colony of New Brunswick just one month after this printing in August 1784.