Dutch papers relating to the American Revolution, obtained from the Public Archives at the Hague

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Dutch papers relating to the American Revolution, obtained from the Public Archives at the Hague

1777-1783

https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4961281

Collection of reprints of documents from the period 1777-1783, including correspondence among the governors of Dutch and British colonies and representatives of the West India Company; resolutions of the Staaten Generaal of the Netherlands; a 1778 treaty between France and the United States, and documents implementing the details of the treaty; communications from the French ambassador to the Netherlands; resolutions by the court of the Dutch province of Holland; and other documents of the period. Correspondents include the President of the island of St. Christopher, Craister Greathead; the Governor of the islands of St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin, Johannes de Graaf; the King of France, Louis XVI; the Hof of the province of Holland; and others.

3 v. ; 32 cm.

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Cornell University Library

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