Under the direction of Prime Minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham, of Great Britain, peace negotiations are opened in Paris, with Benjamin Franklin, united States’ Ambassador to the Kingdom of France.
[restored 9/3/2021]
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1037.
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