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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
and reason, the amelioration of domestic and international law. When in May, 1776, the Prussian minister in 1776. London offered to submit a plan for a direct commerce with America, so as to open a sale for Silesian cloths, and at the same time to procure American products at the cheapest rate, Maltzan to Frederic, 21 May, 1776. Frederic answered: The plan appears to me very problematical. Without a fleet, how could I cause such a commerce to be respected? Frederic to Maltzan, 3 June, 1776. I shall never be able to form a navy strong enough to protect it. Frederic to Maltzan, 1 July, 1776. In September, he received from his minister in London Maltzan to Frederic, 20 Aug., 1776. Frederic to Maltzan, Potsdam, 2 Sept., 1776. a French version of the American declaration of independence. He had predicted that measure when first informed that the mother coun- Chap. III.} 1776. try sought the aid of foreign troops to reduce her colonies; Frederic to Maltzan, 23 Oc