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7482. REVOLUTION (American), Hopes of reconciliation.—

When I saw Lord
Chatham's bill, I entertained high hope that
a reconciliation could have been brought about.
The difference between his terms and those offered
by our Congress might have been accommodated,
if entered by both parties with a disposition
to accommodate. But the dignity of
Parliament, it seems, can brook no opposition
to its power.—
To Dr. William Small. Washington ed. i, 199. Ford ed., i, 454.
(May. 1775)