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France will support America... The state of the war in America...
France will support America... The state of the war in America...
Item # 659876
May 17, 1777
THE LONDON EVENING POST, England, May 17, 1777 The back page contains a report from London which includes: "...we find many gentlemen who have given their votes for engaging us in an unnatural, impolitic war with the Colonies, draining the nation of its blood and riches, and all for nothing...". And then a letter to a merchant in London, from Leipsie, which includes: "The American war must prove a destructive one to Great Britain. France never had so fair an opportunity of lowering the price of your nation...that if the French assist or encourage the Americans, that her own subjects may revolt...But France knows her interest too well; she will form an alliance with America. She will be theses means secure to herself perpetual security...".
Also nearly a full column report from Lord George Germaine & others giving their thoughts on the present state of the war in America (see photos).
Four pages, folio size, never-trimmed margins, red tax stamp on page 3, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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