Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin & Co. · leaf 105
America out of thefisheries, the nursery of seamen, forho did not wish America to becomea naval power. The votes of theSouthern States, with the outside influence of France, finallv succeeded infashioning the clause of the instructions, as respects the fi.sherics, in a waythat the commissioner… … THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS OF 17S2-17S3. 91 was a severe blow to the New England hopes ; but the Xorthcrn peoplegot some compensation when John Adams was chosen as the commis-sioner for whose guidance the instructions had been formed. Adams hadreturned from Europe early in August on the same ship with…
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