Interruption in the Calm of the House, Etc.
Document 1798The letters related to Wolcott's land business will be forwarded to him. Neither Monroe's memoir nor Frauchet's publication has done any harm nor made any converts. The letter from the Commissioners of Revenue to the House of Represenatives has produced no effect. The calm of that House has been interrupted by an effort to tread upon the power of the President relative to foreign intercourse and by one member spitting in the face of another.
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Draft Letter Signed
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The letters related to Wolcott's land business will be forwarded to him. Neither Monroe's memoir nor Frauchet's publication has done any harm nor made any converts. The letter from the Commissioners of Revenue to the House of Represenatives has produced no effect. The calm of that House has been interrupted by an effort to tread upon the power of the President relative to foreign intercourse and by one member spitting in the face of another.
Date
02/01/1798
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Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
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Document number
1798020100001
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1
Note
Cited in Washington to McHenry, 02/07/1798.
Notable persons
George Washington
James McHenry
Monroe
Wolcott
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
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rank in public opinion
the spitter lion is a great beast