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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC05578
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1783
Title	Thomas Mifflin to John Dickinson regarding the peace treaty with Britain
Date	23 November 1783
Author	Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800)
Recipient	Dickinson, John
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Mifflin announces the arrival of the treaty from Paris and encourages its ratification by the states as soon as possible. Signed as President of Congress. Docketed on free frank.
Subjects	Continental Congress Congress Treaty Revolutionary War Peace Government and Civics Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Military History
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution. Notes: The Treaty of Paris, signed 3 September 1783, ended the American Revolution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Philadelphia, November 23, 1783 Sir I have the honor to inform you, that Mr. Thaxter, the private Secretary to Mr. Adams, arrived here from France last evening; being dispatched, by our ministers at Paris, with a copy of the definitive treaty of peace between the United States of America and Great Britain; which was signed on the 3rd of September last. As I find by the last article of the treaty; it is stipulated that "the ratifications thereof, expedited in good & due form, shall be exchanged between the contracting parties in the space of six months or sooner if possible;" to be computed from the day of the signature; and as much of that time is elapsed, I think it proper to give your Excellency this information, to the end that the delegates of your State may be impressed with the necessity of their attending in Congress as soon as possible. I am with the greatest respect & Esteem Your Excellency's h[um]ble Serv[an]t Thomas Mifflin His Excellency The Governor of Delaware State [John Dickinson]

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