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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On March 18 in The Hague, the States General informed British Minister Yorke and Prussian Minister Hellen of their proposal to offer Breda as the venue for a congress to negotiate general peace among belligerent powers, requesting they relay it to their monarchs; similar communication made to other powers' ministers.
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On the 18th instant the Deputies of the States General invited Major General Yorke, his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, and M. Hellen, his Prussian Majesty's minister, to a conference; in which they were acquainted, that their High Mightiness had taken the resolution of offering to the belligerent powers the town of Breda for holding a congress for treating of a general peace; and were desired to convey this proposal to their Britannic and Prussian Majesties. The ministers of the other belligerent powers have likewise had the same communication made to them.
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Hague
Event Date
March 18
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proposal offered to belligerent powers for peace congress in breda
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Deputies of the States General invited Yorke and Hellen to a conference, informing them of the resolution to offer Breda for a congress treating general peace, and requested conveyance to Britannic and Prussian Majesties; same communication to other belligerent powers' ministers.