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Jan 28, 2002 · The first of these letters represents one of Franklin’s few imprudent acts as a diplomat. His congressional instructions had ordered him to seek French help in attacking Quebec and Halifax, 5 but here he goes beyond those instructions by asking France’s assistance in capturing Rhode Island.
In the present letter Franklin informs Vergennes of the substance of that meeting. He wrote a somewhat fuller account in his journal of the peace negotiations. Oswald wrote a far more detailed set of “minutes” for Shelburne on April 18, before returning to London.
In 1842 Jared Sparks located a map in the AAE that he thought might have been the one discussed in this letter: a small (18 inches square) 1746 map of North America by d’Anville on which the American boundary was drawn with a bold line in red ink. The significance of this discovery was debated in the ongoing controversy over the Maine border.
Vergennes / v ər ˈ dʒ ɛ n z / is a city located in the northwest quadrant of Addison County, Vermont, United States. The municipality is bordered by the towns of Ferrisburgh, Panton, and Waltham. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,553. It is the smallest of Vermont's 10 cities in terms of population, though the city of Winooski has ...
Aug 5, 2012 · VERGENNES, Vt. — Vermont’s smallest city loves its history. It was founded in 1788 and named after the Comte de Vergennes, Charles Gravier, possibly at the urging of Ethan Allen, who welcomed...
Vergennes, along with Franklin, had for months been drumming into the ears of Shelburne’s envoys the message that France and the United States were bound by a treaty that forbade either party to enter into a peace with the enemy without the other’s concurrence.
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Oct 13, 2023 · It's known for its historic downtown area and its proximity to Lake Champlain. Vergennes, first settled in 1766 by Donald MacIntosh, was established in 1788, the only one of Vermont's cities not to have been first chartered as a Town or independent village.
