Excerpt from The Peace Negotiations of 1782 and 1783: An Address Delivered Before the New York Historical Society on Its Seventy-Ninth Anniversary, Tuesday, November 27, 1883You remark that the time at which this Anniversary will occur sug gests as a fitting subject for the occasion the history of the important treaty of peace negotiated with Great Britain, notwithstanding the effort to subject it to the policy, in¿uence, and authority of France. You allude to the part borne by my grandfather in that transaction, as having given an interest to my studies in that direction, and in terms of graceful courtesy you express your trust that I will not be reluctant to render the service which you ask.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.