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The Staten Island Peace Conference–September 11, 1776
The Staten Island Peace Conference was a bust almost from the beginning. Not because the sides were so opposed, but because one side didn’t have the authority to do any real negotiation. John Adams, Edward Rutledge and Benjamin Franklin had to row over from Perth Amboy, New Jersey to get to the Totten House, which […] The post The Staten Island Peace Conference–September 11, 1776 appeared first on 250 and Counting.
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