When was it published?

September 8, 1781 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News September 8, 1781

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

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England Holland Peace, Russia Mediation, Dutch Islands, French English Conquests, General Congress

Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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England refuses Russia's mediation for separate peace with Holland, rejecting restoration of captured Dutch territories. Strategy involves seizing Dutch islands to exchange for French-held English ones. Matter may be revisited at general peace congress around February.

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By authentic accounts from Europe, England has refused the mediation of Russia for a separate peace between her and Holland. A restoration of what she had taken from the Dutch was the basis, which she did not choose to comply with. Her idea was, to take the Dutch islands, which were easy conquests, in expectation that the French, in order to recover them from the Dutch, would give up, on a peace, an equal number of those English ones they have taken, or might take. The subject, however, may again be considered at the general Congress for a peace, which may meet about February next.

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Diplomatic War Report

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England Holland Peace Russia Mediation Dutch Islands French English Conquests General Congress

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Europe

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Europe

Event Date

About February Next

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england refused the mediation

Event Details

England has refused the mediation of Russia for a separate peace between her and Holland. A restoration of what she had taken from the Dutch was the basis, which she did not choose to comply with. Her idea was, to take the Dutch islands, which were easy conquests, in expectation that the French, in order to recover them from the Dutch, would give up, on a peace, an equal number of those English ones they have taken, or might take. The subject, however, may again be considered at the general Congress for a peace.