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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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British ministers inform Bank of England that peace negotiations in Paris are nearing a crisis, likely concluding in peace or war before Parliament reconvenes on December 2, 1782, prompting prorogation from November 26.
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This day the Governors and Directors of the Bank of England, received the following letter from the Hon. T. Townshend, Secretary for the home department.
Whitehall, November 22, 1782.
Gentlemen,
His Majesty's ministers, anxious to prevent as early as possible, the mischiefs too commonly resulting from peculations in the funds, during the uncertain state of negotiations of peace, between the powers at war, which it is the general interest of all great powers to avoid, have thought it their duty to ask his Majesty's permission to communicate to you, that the negotiations now carrying on at Paris, are thought so near a crisis, as to promise a decisive conclusion, either for peace or war before the meeting of Parliament, which will therefore be prorogued from Tuesday the 26th instant, to Thursday the 2d of December, and I have his Majesty's commands to assure you that you will receive immediate notice of the same.
(Signed) T. TOWNSEND.
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Paris
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November 1782
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negotiations near crisis promising decisive conclusion for peace or war before december 2, 1782; parliament prorogued from november 26 to december 2
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His Majesty's ministers communicate to Bank of England governors that negotiations at Paris are near a crisis, expected to conclude decisively in peace or war before Parliament meeting, leading to prorogation from Tuesday November 26 to Thursday December 2, 1782, with immediate notice promised.