Manifesto and proclamation of commissioners appointed by His Majesty, 1778.

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Manifesto and proclamation of commissioners appointed by His Majesty, 1778.

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The British Parliament authorized the appointment of commissioners to negotiate with the Continental Congress in order to deter an alliance between the American colonies and France. Although they did not obtain a hearing from Congress, three of them (the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, William Eden) issued this document to Congress, the colonial assemblies (that of Massachusetts among them), and the general public on Oct. 3, 1778, promising pardon to those withdrawing from the rebellion by Nov. 11.

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