... 9th Arthur Lee, the agent for the Congress in London, delivered a message back home to congress. This message shattered any hope for reconciliation. Charles III wouldn't even look at the Dickinson Olive Branch Petition. At the end of November, Hancock authorized a congressional Committee of Correspondence to court friends in France. When they arrived they promised Hancock safety of their ship's in ... ...

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