1783 "Treaty of Paris" painting by Benjamin West —Rolled canvas print produced under license — 28.4” x 36.2” New a great number of men

a great number of men became extremely angry

Chapter 12—Lectures and Speeches

Published by the Journal of the American Revolution

would not declare war on Germany until April of the next year

and security for ourselves in a free world

1783 "Treaty of Paris" painting by Benjamin West —Rolled canvas print produced under license — 28.4” x 36.2” New a great number of menOffered through special arrangement with The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, owners of the painting, in celebration of the 240th anniversary of the signing on September 3, 2023. This unfinished painting, titled American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain, shows John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin (presented from left to right) early during the negotiation