In the four months following the January 20, 1783, armistice that ended the War for American Independence, Franklin was remarkably energetic as he helped oversee the transition to peace and waged a multifaceted campaign to publicize the ideals of the new nation. Though political turmoil in Britain delayed negotiations for the definitive peace treaty, Franklin deftly negotiated America's first commercial treaty with a neutral nation, Sweden, which was signed in secret. He distributed his richly symbolic Libertas Americana medal, worked toward the publication of his French edition of the American state constitutions, and fielded scores of letters from people all over Europe who sought to emigrate, to establish trade connections with the United States, to become consuls, and to offer congratulations and advice.
- ISBN10 0300134487
- ISBN13 9780300134483
- Publish Date 13 January 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 752
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300134483