Quarrels with Genet, Etc.

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Senator King states his objections to the actions of Citizen Genet who he believed was endangering US neutrality with regard to France's war with Spain and Britain.

Date

08/03/1793

Sent from

New York

Document number

1793080300501

Page start

1

Note

Partially illegible Recipient is not shown but is assumed to have been Alexander Hamilton.

Notable persons

Rufus King
the French
Mr. Genet
Citizen Genet
Mr. Smith
Gelston
Mr. Osgood
B Livingston
Mr. Nicholson
men in high authority
the Executive
George Washington
mercantile people

Notable locations

New York
Chesapeake
Battery
the Fields

Notable items

French fleet
battery
combat
flight of the English frigate
newspapers
invitation
meeting
anti-federal
antifederal
cause of France
Mr. Genet's appeal to the people
decision of the executive
treaty of commerce
treaty
rules in the lives of nations
Chamber of Commerce
Constitution
laws
peace and order of the community
town meetings
decree
decree of the french convention
vessels