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    The document is a declaration from British General William Howe and his brother Richard Howe, who were commissioners appointed by the King of England to negotiate peace with the colonies in North America. [1] It states that while the Continental Congress has refused reconciliation that does not acknowledge independence, the commissioners are still willing to confer with loyal subjects to restore peace and reestablish the colonies as part of the British Empire. [2] It also notes that the King is willing to revise restrictive royal instructions and acts that colonists feel aggrieved by. [3] The declaration recommends that colonists seriously consider whether continuing war or returning to allegiance and accepting peace is more consistent with their honor and happiness.

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    The document is a declaration from British General William Howe and his brother Richard Howe, who were commissioners appointed by the King of England to negotiate peace with the colonies in North America. [1] It states that while the Continental Congress has refused reconciliation that does not acknowledge independence, the commissioners are still willing to confer with loyal subjects to restore peace and reestablish the colonies as part of the British Empire. [2] It also notes that the King is willing to revise restrictive royal instructions and acts that colonists feel aggrieved by. [3] The declaration recommends that colonists seriously consider whether continuing war or returning to allegiance and accepting peace is more consistent with their honor and happiness.

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    11)1RICHARD V ~OUN 'T I-IOWE, the Kintd~m of Ireland,

    and Wl~LIAM OWE, 'Efq;.(Jenera/ of ~is MajeJ}y's forces


    in Ameri~a, _ the King~sCommijji~t,ers ;for re.fto,:-in:Peac~to. his
    Majefly' s Coloniesand Plantations in North-America,
    ~ . --
    &c. &c. &c.

    DE C--L -A..R AT I O;N.· . . .

    . A'. .THOUGH . th.e-.C~ngre[s, whom, the 1nifguicted: A,1neri-


    : , can, fl:lffertq ..dirett their Oppofitio~ to ·a .re-eH:abliiliment
    cl the confli-t.ut~o~al :Government of thef~ Provinces, _have dif-1

    ~vowed eve,y Purp,ofe' ·of Reconci.ljation, no~ confo1:1~U)t . with


    their extravaga~1tan.cl inadmi!fabl~ Clai~ of Indepetidency, the
    King' .s Com1niffioners think !itto declare, that .they, ~re : equally
    .;iefiroµs .to confer with his M~Je~y's w~ll...affccle<iSubje~s, upon
    the ~~ _an1 of reftoring . the,. publi~ TF~n.q~ility, and . efhiblilhing
    a perrilanen~ Upio11wit~ everr Colpny, as a f~rt of the Britiili
    Einpire. . , .. ,. . · " -- ., .,
    The King, being mofi:gracjoufly difpofed to ~~reel:a Revifion
    .of fuch of his royal Infr.rucliopf, as n1ay , be coqG:rued to lay an
    · improper Rcfiraint .ilpon .the ·:rreedot11,.9f ~egi:ilation, in any of
    his Colonies, an:d~9 c;oncur_in the Revifal qf all Acts by \vhich
    I

    his Subjects there may think _themfelv~s aggrieJed; it -isrecon1-


    n1ended to the Inhabitants at large; to,reflect ferioufiy 11pon their
    prefe t Condition and E:!(pecl:atiorn., and to jt1dge for therni~lves,
    whether it be 1nor~ confiftent with their I-lqnour and f-lappinefs
    to offer up their Lives as .t Sacrifice to the 9njuft and precarious
    Ca.ufe in which th~y are engag.ed, or. to return to their Allegi-
    ance, accept the Bleffings of Peace, and be fecured in a free
    Enjoyn1ent of their Liber ,ty and ~roperties, upon the true Prin-
    ciplts of the Conftitution. · _ •
    Given at New-York, the I gth of Sept. 1776.
    "
    H O W E. . W. . H O W E.
    By Command of their Excellencies.
    H .. N. S 1"' R A. C I-I E Y.

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