Appointment of New Minister to France
Document 1796Executive does not have the power to appoint a minister. Additionally controversy and mischief surround current U.S. representative, Monroe. Believe that the current minister should be recalled from Paris and a new person should be appointed. Suggested names of possible new candidates, details on each. Included private letter from Monroe, confiscated, that elucidates his political opinions and conduct. C. Cotesworth Pinckney was chosen as Monroe's successor.
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Executive does not have the power to appoint a minister. Additionally controversy and mischief surround current U.S. representative, Monroe. Believe that the current minister should be recalled from Paris and a new person should be appointed. Suggested names of possible new candidates, details on each. Included private letter from Monroe, confiscated, that elucidates his political opinions and conduct. C. Cotesworth Pinckney was chosen as Monroe's successor.
Date
07/02/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1796070200000
Notable persons
George Washington
Timothy Pickering
Oliver Wolcott
and James McHenry
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
Adet
French
Monroe
Fenno
minister
Patrick Henry
John Marshall
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
William Smith
Mountflorence
chancellor
Thomas Blount
Skipwith
Fenno
Cook
Williams
privateers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
Paris
Virginia
South Carolina
French republic
New London
Port Paix
Hartford
Warwick
Middletown
Notable items
letter
evidence
brig
Aurora
sloop
Crisis
mules
Scrub
cargo