New school history of the United States . illes, 2cth Jan., 1783 ; the definitive treaty at Paris, 3d Sept., 1783. When Dr. Franklin proceeded to court to affix his signature, he dressed himself inthe suit which he had worn when Wedderburn had so coarsely vituperated him inthe Council Chamber, in London, 29th Jan., 1744. The first man to welcome John Adams, the first U. S. ambassador to London, wasGeneral Oglethorpe, who had founded Georgia half a century before. When Mr. Adams was presented as ambassador to George IIL, ist June, 1785, theking said : I was the last man in the kingdom to consen
New school history of the United States . illes, 2cth Jan., 1783 ; the definitive treaty at Paris, 3d Sept., 1783. When Dr. Franklin proceeded to court to affix his signature, he dressed himself inthe suit which he had worn when Wedderburn had so coarsely vituperated him inthe Council Chamber, in London, 29th Jan., 1744. The first man to welcome John Adams, the first U. S. ambassador to London, wasGeneral Oglethorpe, who had founded Georgia half a century before. When Mr. Adams was presented as ambassador to George IIL, ist June, 1785, theking said : I was the last man in the kingdom to consent to the independence ofAmerica ; but now that it is granted, I shall be the last man in the world to sanctiona vioiation of it. - ^ WASHINGTON SURRENDERS HIS COMMISSION, 155 exhausted. They owed $5,000,000 to France, and $2,000,000to Holland. They had a boundless country, a rich soil, energy,and confident hope—and they had won their independence. WASHINGTON SURRENDERS HIS COMMISSION. 107. The cessation of hostilities was proclaimed on. MOUNT VERNON. the anniversary of the battle of Lexington. Washington bidfarewell to the officers of the revolutionary army, and gavej^g^ back his commission as Commander-in-chief to the23 Dec ^^^g^^s^ assembled at Annapolis. He returnedto his home at Mount Vernon, on the banks ofthe broad Potomac, to attend to his ample plantations 156 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. and doTiestic interests, and to watch anxiously the progress ofthe States which his prudence and fortitude had made private affairs required close attention, for he had declinedall pay in his high and arduous office, and had acceptednothing beyond his actual expenses. CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. lOS. The two years following the surrender of Yorktownhad brought perils more alarming than the hazards of the bat-tle-field. The public debt reached seventy millions of dollars,and there were no visible means of paying it. Eighty-fourmillions, at least, of Continental currency were w
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