HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT. BY GEORGE BANCROFT. The Author's Last Revision. VOLUME V. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 1888. CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. Reception of declaration of American independence in Maryland By the convention of New York In Virginia, Massachusetts, and South Carolina Arrival of Lord Howe with a commission for restoring peace His offers to treat are declined Congress sends him their declaration engrossed on parchment The exchange of prisoners agreed upon. Plan of a confederation Shall the states as well as individuals be represented? The public lands An immediate confederation not possible. Crown Point abandoned Signing the declaration. France on the way to an alliance with America Character of Deane. Advice of Vergennes read to the king in committee Marquis de Lafayette. The king of Spain and his ministers |