The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. de Lafayette, M. Dumas, and Others ... Together with the Letters in Reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs ...N. Hale and Gray & Bowen, 1829 |
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