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Berkeley And Jefferson Intelligencer
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia
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Philadelphia report clarifies that Mr. Livingston, the American minister at the French Consular Court, sailed from Dieppe to England in early May for personal reasons, not on a rumored peace mission to Britain, as per a London article from May 18.
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We stated a few days ago, that a London article of the 18th of May, announced the arrival from France of a Mr. Livingston, said to be charged with overtures for peace. It was not supposed at the time that this Mr. Livingston was our minister at the Consular Court: we are now, however authorised to state it as a fact. A letter received in this City from Dieppe, dated early in May, says, "Mr. Livingston, the American minister, sails from hence tomorrow, for England." That he is charged with any mission for the British government, we cannot believe. Having obtained leave to return to this country, we presume his proceeding to England is merely a matter of personal choice; independent of all public considerations.
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Dieppe, France
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Early In May
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clarified as personal travel, not a mission for peace overtures.
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A London article from May 18 reported Mr. Livingston's arrival from France, rumored to carry peace overtures. Confirmed as the American minister at the Consular Court, a letter from Dieppe dated early May states he sails to England the next day. The report dismisses any official British mission, attributing his travel to personal choice upon leave to return home.