 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1843 - 626 pages
...the following is an exact transcript: — ' " Passy, December 6, 1782. ' " Sir, — I have the honour of returning herewith the map your Excellency sent...days after the preliminaries were signed; and if we conld procure the identical map mentioned by Franklin, it would seem to afford condvuive evidence as... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...Franklin to Count de Vergennes, of which the following is an exact transcript. • Passy, December 6th, 1782. ' SIR ; I have the honor of returning herewith...plenipotentiaries. ' With great respect, I am, &c. 1 B. FRANKLIN.' " This letter was written six days after the preliminaries were signed ; and, if we... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1843 - 624 pages
...honour of returning herewith the map your Excellency scut me yesterday. I have marked with a strong r?d line, according to your desire, the limits of the...American plenipotentiaries. « " With great respect, I nm, &c., ' " B. FRANKLIN." ' This letter was written six days after the preliminaries were signed ;... | |
 | Albert Gallatin, Daniel Webster - Boundaries - 1843 - 94 pages
...of December, 1782, send some one map to Dr. FRANKLIN, with a request that he would delineate on it the limits of the United States, as settled in the...between the British and American Plenipotentiaries; and that the map was returned the ensuing day by Dr. FRANKLIN, with a note, stating that he had marked... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...supposed to have been the one alluded to by Franklin, in which he had marked with " a strong red line" the limits of the United States, " as settled in the preliminaries between the British plenipotentiaries." Our readers will remember that as this map was found unexpectedly tobe wholly favorable... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1843 - 642 pages
...marked with a strong red line, according to your desire, the limits of the United States, as settled m the preliminaries between the British and American plenipotentiaries. " ' With great respect, I am, &c_ "'B. F "This leite» was written six days after the preliminaries were signed ; and if we could... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...on the 5th of December, 1782, a map to Doctor Franklin, with a request that he would delineate on it the limits of the United States, as settled in the...between the British and American plenipotentiaries ; and that the map was returned the next day by Doctor Franklin, with a note stating that he had marked... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1854 - 762 pages
...to Count de Vergennes, of which the following is an exact transcript:— " PASBT, December 6,1782. " SIR : I have the honor of returning herewith the map...plenipotentiaries. '•' With great respect, I am, itc., "B. FRANKLIN." " This letter was written six days after the preliminaries were signed; and if... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 602 pages
...had belonged to Franklin, and in which Franklin himself had marked with a strong red line, in 1782, the limits of the United States, ' as settled in the...between the British and American plenipotentiaries.' The line was exactly the line contended for by Great Britain ; but the knowledge of the existence of... | |
 | 1862 - 628 pages
...had belonged to Franklin, and in which Franklin himself had marked with a strong red line, in. 1782, the limits of the United States, 'as settled in the...between the British and American plenipotentiaries.' The line was exactly the line contended/or by Great Britain ; but the knowledge of the existence of... | |
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SIR ; I have the honor of returning herewith the map your Excellency sent me yesterday. I have marked with a strong red line, according to your desire, the limits of the United States, as settled in the preliminaries between the British and American plenipotentiaries. 
