Complex sentence: During the negotiations for the Treaty of Paris Temple asked one of the British peace commissioners if something could be done for his father, pointing out his steadfast defense of the Stamp Act, and hoping that the British government might award him a diplomatic post.
Split into simpler sentences: During the negotiations for the Treaty of Paris, Temple asked one of the British peace commissioners if something could be done for his father. He noted his father's steadfast defense of the Stamp Act, and hoped that the British government might award him a diplomatic post.