Should the U.S. Send another Minister to France after the treatment M. Pickney received [?]

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Type

Draft Document

Description

Document, discusses whether or not the United States should send another minister to France, after the ill treatment Mr. Pinckney received from the Directorate.

Date

04/29/1797

Document number

1797042900001

Page start

Note

Draft response to President's question. This draft document contains 24 pages--an unnumbered 'title' endorcement, 19 numbered pages (with 3 unnumbered pages interleaved with them ahead of pages 1,2, and 18--apparently notes made on the back of the page preceding), and a page containing a reference to a work by Joannes Franciscus Buddeus. (It is not clear that the last mentioned page was actually a part of this document, although it may indicate the source of some of the ideas contained in the paper.) This document was found in a packet of documents labled 'How to Avoid War with France.' This packet also included 4 other items: a shorter draft titled 'Opinions on questions proposed by the President,' two draft letters, and a 1 page memorandum--each of which we have dated 04/99[unknown]/1797.

Notable persons

James McHenry

Secretary of War

President John Adams

French Directory

Emperor of Germany

King of Prussia

Emperor

Mr Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Mr Adet

Mr Thomas Jefferson

Mr Maddison

James Madison

French Armies

Congress

American people

belligerent powers

sailors

Cherokee

Notable locations

Germany

England

West India Islands

Italy

Rhine

Russia

France

Great Britain

Saxony

Paris

western frontier

Tennessee

Notable items

negotiation

mission to Paris

negotiation

peace

war

US Constellation

US Constitution

trade

treasury

commerce

depredations

mission

maritime resources

navy

insults and injuries

commission extraordinary

credit

appointment

treaty

complaints

constant state of change

documents

neutrality

freedom of navigation

articles contraband of war

rights

treaty of alliance

commercial relations

mutual interest

commercial treaty

French wines

salted fish

fish oils

brandy

French brandy

American tobacco

taxes

battleships

frigates

President's speech

patriotism

common defense

general welfare

advice

trade

sea property