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Have peace terms been agreed to? Loyalists to fight on...



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October 10, 1782

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Oct. 10, 1782 

* Revolutionary War ending events

Page 5 has: "A letter received yesterday from Paris says...that peace is or near being concluded between England and the Americans, not to the advantage of the Court of France & what gives some ground to suppose the report true, is, that Dr. Franklin has just received some dispatches from America, the contents of which he has kept a secret, and that he is preparing to return home." and also: "...is learned that the English forces had to evacuated Charlestown nor did they intend it. That some thousands of Loyalists were determined to join the English forces to defend the place at the hazard of their lives & fortunes."
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, 9 by 12 inches, nice condition.

Category: Revolutionary War