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The peacemakers : the great powers and American independence
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- Creator
- by Richard B. Morris
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1983
- ©1965
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 572 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780930350352, 0930350359, 9780930350369, 0930350367
- OCLC
- ocm09080726
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1965.
- "A Northeastern classics edition."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Three voyagers in search of peace -- Armada against England -- Priest and playwright at the Pardo -- Eight days in June (June 2-9, 1780) -- Jacques Necker's private peace feelers -- The lion, the fox, and the ass -- On the trail of the appeasers -- The Gordian knot -- The plot to partition America -- Mynheer Adams puts a spoke in the wheel -- Jacob's bargain -- The ball at Dr. Franklin's foot -- The long clay pipe of Mr. Jay -- Milord Shelburne plays the host -- Setting metes and bounds -- The Conde settles an old score -- The fox and the grapes -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- Text of the Definitive Treaty of Peace