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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
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Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784
出版Yale University Press, 2014-09-30
主題Literary Collections / LettersLiterary Collections / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / General
ISBN03002108179780300210811
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zgJpBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋After the signing of the definitive peace treaty on September 3, 1783, Franklin’s official duties as minister plenipotentiary diminished. Great Britain refused to negotiate a commercial agreement, and Congress failed to act on the draft treaties of commerce with Denmark and Portugal that Franklin had sent them the previous summer. In the six months after the peace was settled, Franklin’s sole diplomatic achievement was a draft consular convention with France. With his welcome leisure time, however, Franklin eagerly followed scientific developments (witnessing the first balloon ascensions in Paris), advised the French government on schemes for civic improvement, and wrote three of his most remarkable pieces about what it meant to be American.