Payments of the French debt
Document 1794Letter from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General, Secretary at War, and Secretary of Treasury. Randolph had a discussion with French agent Mr. Fauchet concerning French requests for a million dollars instalment payment of the debt. Randolph attempted to convince him the impracticability of the request, but Fauchet urged that the French government was in a desperate fiscal situation and needed the money - stating that the million dollar sum actually fell short of what was needed. Randolph wants to submit the question to Congress.
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Description
Letter from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General, Secretary at War, and Secretary of Treasury. Randolph had a discussion with French agent Mr. Fauchet concerning French requests for a million dollars instalment payment of the debt. Randolph attempted to convince him the impracticability of the request, but Fauchet urged that the French government was in a desperate fiscal situation and needed the money - stating that the million dollar sum actually fell short of what was needed. Randolph wants to submit the question to Congress.
Date
03/13/1794
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1794031340000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
William Bradford
Fauchet
Edmund Randolph
French
consuls
Congress
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
Notable items
Debt
loans
French Revolution
installments