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    Request for Transcribers: Beginning of the Quasi War with France, May 1798

    Published by rmartin on January 24, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    This important document highlights the initiation of the undeclared war with France,  later known as the Quasi War.  Here, Secretary of War James McHenry conveys instructions from President Adams to the Commanders of a number of United States naval vessels.

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