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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
stipulations in favor of our contest with the colonies. Our influence, never very high, has quite vanished. Harris to Suffolk, 2 Feb., to Sir I. Yorke, 1 May, 1778. Frederic relented so far as to allow a few recruits for the English army to pass through his dominions; and as a German prince he let it be known that he would save Hanover from French aggression; but proposals for closer relations with England were inflexibly declined. He is hostile, wrote Suffolk, Suffolk to Harris, 9 Jan., 1778. to that kingdom to whose liberal support in the last war he owes his present existence amongst the powers of Europe; and the British ministry of that day looked upon the aid which he had received in the time of the elder Pitt as a very grave mistake. Report of Count Belgiojoso, and 8 Jan., 1781. Prussia should have been left to perish. Through his minister in France, Frederic sent word to Maurepas and Vergennes: All the pains which the king of England may take to make an alliance w
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
contraband. Of thirty-seven European treaties made between 1745 and 1780, but two have been found which contain conditions contravening neutral rights. In 1778, after France became connected with the United States, England looked to Russia for aid, the United States to the Dutch republic for goodwill. The former, though aware of the disinclination Chap. XII.} 1778. of Russia and of Frederic, was so anxious to counterbalance the family compact of the Bourbons, Suffolk to Harris, 9 Jan., 1778. This part of the despatch is not printed in the Malmesbury Papers. that it risked the proposal of an offensive and defensive alliance with them both. Count Panin, the only statesman much listened to by the empress in the discussion of foreign affairs, was beyond the reach of corruption, and in all transactions where he moved alone, acted with integrity and honor. To the renewed overture of Harris, he frankly replied that Russia never would stipulate advantages to Great Britain in its