Foreign Affairs
Document 1799McHenry discusses the situation in Europe and notes that negotiations between the Emperors of Germany and Prussia respecting preparations to meet the army of the Directory so as to extinquish their power in Italy and Switzerland. He discusses the Marquis de Lafayette who has the vanity to presume that he might become the instrument to reconcile the two hemispheres.
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McHenry discusses the situation in Europe and notes that negotiations between the Emperors of Germany and Prussia respecting preparations to meet the army of the Directory so as to extinquish their power in Italy and Switzerland. He discusses the Marquis de Lafayette who has the vanity to presume that he might become the instrument to reconcile the two hemispheres.
Date
07/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799071800001
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1
Notable persons
John Dennis
James McHenry
Emperor of Germany
Emperor of Russia
Directory
British Cabinet
Marquis La Fayette
de Lafayette
European Powers
Ross
R. Earle
President
Captain
Newton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Prussia
Ranstadt
Italy
Switzerland
Ireland
Europe
Notable items
negotiations
invasion
sufficient force
embassy
popularity
reconciliation