Rejection of Our Minister to France, Etc.
Document 1797Letters from Pinckney in Paris have arrived. Delacroix has informed Mr. Monroe that the Directory will not receive a minister plenipotentiary until their grievances have been resolved. Pinckney will remain, however, until he receives a direct order to leave France. Congress probably should be called into session and Pinckney directed to make another effort. If he fails again, he should be sent to a place like Hamburg to await a better disposition from France.
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Draft Letter
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Letters from Pinckney in Paris have arrived. Delacroix has informed Mr. Monroe that the Directory will not receive a minister plenipotentiary until their grievances have been resolved. Pinckney will remain, however, until he receives a direct order to leave France. Congress probably should be called into session and Pinckney directed to make another effort. If he fails again, he should be sent to a place like Hamburg to await a better disposition from France.
Date
03/24/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1797032400001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Washington to McHenry, 04/03/1797.
Notable persons
George Washington
James McHenry
[James] Monroe
De La Croix
Pinckney
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Hamburg
France
Paris
Notable items
fatigues of your journey
affection and attachment of the people