...Although the agreement was provisional in nature, this was a jesuitical evasion of Congress's instructions "to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their [the French ministers'] knowledge and concurrence." With marvelous tact Franklin apologized to Vergennes...

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...second, in which the said treaties should not be left in their full force and validity." They were " to make the most candid and confidential communications,...ministers of our generous ally, the king of France ; and to undertake nothing, in the negotiations for peace, without their knowledge and concurrence...

...minister of our generous ally, the king of France ; to 1327.] Secret Journals of the Old Congress. 145 undertake nothing, in the negotiations for peace or truce, without their knowledge and concurrence; and ultimately to govern yourtetves by their advice and ofiinion, endeavouring in...

...the belligerent, and the disposition of the mediating powers may require. For this purpose, you are to make the most candid and confidential communications...ally, the king of France ; to undertake nothing in the negociations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence, and ultimately to govern yourselves...

...the belligerent, and the disposition of the mediating powers may require. For this purpose, you are to make the most candid and confidential communications...upon all subjects, to the ministers of our generous airy, the king of Fra/ice ; to undertake nothing in the negociations for peace or truce without their...

...the belligerent, and the disposition , of the mediating powers may require. For this purpose, you are to make the most candid and confidential communications...negotiations for peace or truce, without their knowledge and concurrence ; and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and opinion, endeavoring in your...

...the observance of existing treaties with France. The instructions concluded as follows : " You are to make the most candid and confidential communications...truce without their knowledge or concurrence ; and to make them sensible how much we rely upon his majesty's influence for effectual support in every...

...of existing treaties with France. The instructions concluded as follows : "You are to make the must candid and confidential communications upon all subjects...France ; to undertake nothing in the negotiations tor peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence ; and to make them sensible how much we rely...

...a moment of either despondency or of credulous confidence, to instruct its ministers at Paris f'to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce, without their knowledge and concurrence," meaning the concurrence of the King of France, "and ultimately to govern yourselves...