MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING TO THE HOUSE SUCH INFORMATION AS HE HAS RECEIVED TOUCHING A SUSPENSION OF THE ARRETE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, MENTIONED IN HIS MESSAGE OF THE 28TH OF JANUARY LAST. MADE IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF YESTERDAY
- Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799
Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Folded, uncut folio leaf. Very Good.
Adams warns Congress that France "subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France." Adams also transmits Lord Grenville's letter to Rufus King, American Minister at London. Grenville assures King "that the first instance of the execution of this decree, shall be followed by the most rigorous retaliation against the French prisoners whom the fortune of war has already, or may hereafter place at the King's disposal."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 36554. ESTC W25014.
Adams warns Congress that France "subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France." Adams also transmits Lord Grenville's letter to Rufus King, American Minister at London. Grenville assures King "that the first instance of the execution of this decree, shall be followed by the most rigorous retaliation against the French prisoners whom the fortune of war has already, or may hereafter place at the King's disposal."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 36554. ESTC W25014.
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING TO THE HOUSE SUCH INFORMATION AS HE HAS RECEIVED TOUCHING A SUSPENSION OF THE ARRETE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, MENTIONED IN HIS MESSAGE OF THE 28TH OF JANUARY LAST. MADE IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF YESTERDAY
Author
Adams, John
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Fenno: Philadelphia
Date
1799