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Excerpt from A Collection of State-Papers: Relative to the First Acknowledgement of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, and the Reception of Their Minister Plenipotentiary by Their High Mightinesses of the States-General of the United Netherlands At the times when the Treaties between this He publiclt and the Crown of great-britain were made, the People, who now compol'e the United states of America, were a Part of the English Nation; 53 futh Allies of the Republiek and Parties to thofe Treaties entitled to all their Benefits, and (unfair ting chearfally to all their Obligations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.