Project Gutenberg 2013-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 70 Sparks, Jared 1789 1866 The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12 Produced by Frank van Drogen, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12" by Jared Sparks is a historical compilation published in the early 19th century. This volume presents a collection of letters exchanged by key figures such as Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Robert Morris, who were instrumental in shaping the foreign relations of the United States during the Revolutionary War. The primary focus of this work is to illuminate the diplomatic efforts undertaken by these American revolutionaries to secure support and recognition from foreign allies, particularly France. The opening of this volume sets the stage by establishing the context of financial and diplomatic negotiations during the latter stages of the American Revolutionary War. It captures Robert Morris's correspondence with various officials, including French Minister M. de la Luzerne, where he emphasizes the increasing financial strains on the fledgling nation and the essential role of foreign aid in securing American independence. His letters convey urgency in addressing the necessity for taxation, the challenges posed by the depreciation of paper currency, and the importance of establishing public credit, in addition to his gratitude for past assistance from France as the conflict escalated toward victory. Overall, this initial portion lays a foundation for understanding the complexities of international diplomacy and finance that characterized this critical period in American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42413/42413-h/images/coverpage.jpg en United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources E201 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 1028015 1028024 2024-09-17T16:54:39.708169 2023-09-18T11:28:50.097120 text/html text/html 1020427 2013-03-25T16:56:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 379575 2013-03-25T16:56:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 416548 2024-09-17T16:54:52.870111 application/epub+zip 425357 2024-09-17T16:54:41.680211 application/epub+zip 425357 2024-09-17T16:54:40.699202 application/epub+zip 699713 2024-09-17T16:55:01.004098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672316 2024-09-17T16:54:51.552149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672569 2022-09-19T11:17:09.674073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 914330 914227 2024-09-17T16:54:37.350205 2023-09-18T11:28:48.187150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 914168 2013-03-25T16:56:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 300023 2013-03-25T16:56:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 914159 2013-03-25T16:56:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299993 2013-03-25T16:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20141 2024-09-17T16:55:01.155088 application/rdf+xml 23004 2024-09-17T16:54:40.836339 image/jpeg 3484 2024-09-17T16:54:40.767176 image/jpeg 378571 2024-09-17T16:54:39.787211 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog