It is possible to purchase arms and manufactured goods from the Prussian consul at Nantes. This may lead to a commercial treaty even though Prussia has not recognized the independence of the United States. When last at Berlin, Knoblauch learned that the courts of England and Russia had entered into a treaty of alliance. Henry Laurens told him to keep this secret, and he has not revealed it until no w. Assisted Steuben in preparing the drill manual.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829