On This Day In 1776, Washington Called Britain’s Peace Commission A Deception

It was Monday, July 22, 1776. Two days earlier, George Washington had told a British emissary that Americans who had committed no fault needed no pardon. Now Washington told Congress what he thought of the Howe brothers’ commission. In a July 22 letter, he wrote that “all that has been said about the Commissioners was […]

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