Personen aan boord van het schip l'Heureuse Marianne, 1778 https://t.co/v5GgwgxPwd

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Rots en stad Scilla in de regio Calabrië aan de westkust, 1778 https://t.co/uYpMVz7cgM

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30 Apr 1778 To keep British from dividing the states, rebels chain the Hudson River from Constitution Island to West Point - almost a mile across. Chain was augmented by forts, warning towers, beacons & cheveaux de fries - stakes set at the river bottom.

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Resten van Herculestempel binnen muren van oude Agrigento, 1778 https://t.co/6UdnU67VLE

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John Singleton Copley, The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778, 1779 https://t.co/QJ49hSHAjn

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23 Apr 1778 King of Prussia, PA. American Gen Charles Lee is formally exchanged for Gen Richard Prescott. Lee denigrates Gen Washington & goes to Congress to complain about other officers promoted over him.

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John James Masquerier.1778-1855. Reclining Male Figure. Black chalk,with white highlights.

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16 Apr 1778 Portsmouth, England. Members of the Carlisle Committee depart for North America accompanied by the new 2nd in command of British forces, Gen Lord Charles Cornwallis.

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Watson and the Shark, 1778

Is that shark uh... OK?

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Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh, Thomas Hearne, https://t.co/SrPlFJGwRt (Palette: 🇫🇷) 🖌🎨

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Mrs. Thrale and her Daughter Hester (Queeney), 1778

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April 4, 1778: Voltaire was initiated into Freemasonry at the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris. He was conducted through the degree by Benjamin Franklin.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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30 Mar 1778 Continental Congress stipulates Gen Charles Lee & Ethan Allen be exchanged for British Gen Richard Prescott. Also that Loyalists serving in British Army be treated as traitors. This abrogates Gen Washington’s earlier agreement with Gen Howe.

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John Singleton Copley, The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778, 1779 https://t.co/QJ49hSpZrP

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16 Mar 1778 London. Parliament authorizes Earl of Carlisle, Frederick Howard to head a peace commission to Philadelphia. He is given wide authority to negotiate directly and to acquiesce to all American demands – except independence.

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13 Mar 1778 London. French ambassador informs Secy of State Thomas Thynne of Treaty of commerce & Amity between France & US nearly arranged. PM Lord North recalls the British ambassador from Paris & informs Gen Henry Clinton.

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