Report of the Joint Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York by the British

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Excerpt from Report of the Joint Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York by the British: Monday, November 26th, 1883, With an Historical IntroductionSir Guy Carleton lost no time in Opening correspondence with Washington, whom he addressed on the 7th of April, with Copies of the proceedings of the House of Commons on the 4th March, and their address to the king in favor of peace, and also a Copy of the bill, reported in consequence thereof, enabling his Majesty to conclude a peace or truce with the revolted colonies in America by a mixed commission repre senting the two nations, Without foreign umpirage. Sir Guy Carleton sought in every manner to carry out the policy of his government. Rebuffed by Congress, he addressed himself to the Governors of the States, made appeals to the people directly through the New York newspapers, and sought to con ciliate individual opinion by personal kindness and permission of the largest freedom of~action consistent with military safety.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.