American Crisis Quotes
This was a last attempt to avoid war. Lord Howe met with William Rutledge, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. The discussions were civil and Howe wanted to avoid a conflict but he did not have the authority to accept the American colonists demand for independence.
At the time Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a Colonel serving under Washington. The war had been somewhat successful but the country was very weak and in great danger, and Washington and many others thought that Congress needed a better quality of leadership. Harrison’s son and great grandson would both become Presidents of the United States.