We Will Not Submit to the Terrible Republic
Document 1798Hodgdon discusses the freight being transported to Capt. Truxton's ship and stresses that although France (the "terrible republic") seems determined to have every government at its feet, the U. S. will not be one of them.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon discusses the freight being transported to Capt. Truxton's ship and stresses that although France (the "terrible republic") seems determined to have every government at its feet, the U. S. will not be one of them.
Date
04/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798041728055
Page start
62
Notable persons
Thomas Truxtun
Samuel Hodgdon
Commissioner
Capt. Dunning
terrible Republic [France]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
stores
invoice
bill of lading
ship
freight
current news
newspapers