The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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... Congress no doubt desires , with that conciliating spirit which is necessary for the important and delicate business ... Congress , a committee was appointed to consider the subject . Conformably to their report the President wrote to Mr ...
... Congress no doubt desires , with that conciliating spirit which is necessary for the important and delicate business ... Congress , a committee was appointed to consider the subject . Conformably to their report the President wrote to Mr ...
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... Congress has lately desired an answer . I gave no expectation that it was likely you would agree to such a proposal ; but being pressed to send it to you , it went with some of my former letters . M. Fouquet , who was employed by Congress ...
... Congress has lately desired an answer . I gave no expectation that it was likely you would agree to such a proposal ; but being pressed to send it to you , it went with some of my former letters . M. Fouquet , who was employed by Congress ...
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... Congress - they will not suffer me to lose my own- but if these extra demands are multiplied upon me and no supplies sent I must become a bankrupt , for I can not continually worry the court for more money . The privateers Black Prince ...
... Congress - they will not suffer me to lose my own- but if these extra demands are multiplied upon me and no supplies sent I must become a bankrupt , for I can not continually worry the court for more money . The privateers Black Prince ...
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... Congress repose in me in confiding to me the details of this affair , and I have no doubt that Congress are persuaded of the zeal and interest with which I shall lay before his majesty's minister the actual state of the finances of the ...
... Congress repose in me in confiding to me the details of this affair , and I have no doubt that Congress are persuaded of the zeal and interest with which I shall lay before his majesty's minister the actual state of the finances of the ...
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... Congress in a much greater detail than I have time to hint at . I would therefore submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency and policy of erecting by their authority a society under the name of " The American Academy for ...
... Congress in a much greater detail than I have time to hint at . I would therefore submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency and policy of erecting by their authority a society under the name of " The American Academy for ...
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Página 497 - Virginia, have nominated, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do nominate, constitute, and appoint, the said Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and Thomas Jefferson...
Página 16 - SIR, — I have received the letter which you did me the honor to write me on the 27th of this month.
Página 344 - I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me the 4th instant, as also those which accompanied it.
Página 583 - SIR, I have received the letter, which your Excellency did me the honor of addressing to me by the hand of Mr.
Página 261 - I have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 2 1st October last.
Página 74 - ... humiliated with the idea of our running about from court to court begging for money and friendship, which...
Página 280 - I have passed my seventyfifth year, and I find that the long and severe fit of the gout, which I had the last winter, has shaken me exceedingly, and I am yet far from having recovered the bodily strength I before enjoyed. I do not know that my mental faculties are impaired ; perhaps I shall be the last to discover that...
Página 201 - You will readily perceive, that it must be a leading and capital point, if these United States shall be formally admitted as a party to the convention of the neutral maritime powers for maintaining the freedom of commerce. This regulation, in which the Empress is deeply interested, and from which she has derived so much glory, will open the way for your favorable reception, which we have the greater reason to expect, as she has publicly invited the belligerent powers to accede thereto.
Página 81 - That the Board of Admiralty prepare and report instructions for the commanders of armed vessels commissioned by the United States, conformable to the principles contained in the declaration of the Empress of all the Russias. on the rights of neutral vessels...
Página 23 - I think it right to increase this pleasure by our thankful acknowledgments, and that such an expression of gratitude is not only our duty, but our interest. A different conduct seems to me what is not only improper and unbecoming, but what may be hurtful to us. Mr. Adams, on the other hand, who, at the same time, means our welfare and interest as much as I, or any man, can do, seems to think a little apparent stoutness, and a greater air of independence and boldness in our demands, will procure us...