1798 · Philadelphia
by XYZ Affair
Philadelphia: Ross, 1798. 131pp, stitched and lightly dusted, Very Good. Later plain wrappers.
This document prints Secretary of State Pickering's instructions to envoys Pinckney, Marshall, and Geary; their dispatches to Pickering, including their report of Mr. X's surreptitious advice "that a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand...;" General Pinckney's response that he and his colleagues "had been treated with great slight and disrespect;" and other matters involving the XYZ Affair.
Also included are the Resolutions of the Senate [signed in type by Vice President Jefferson as President of the Senate] and House requesting President Adams to provide this information; and Adams's Message transmitting the same.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 34838. Sabin 34870. ESTC W20541. (Inventory #: 11029)
This document prints Secretary of State Pickering's instructions to envoys Pinckney, Marshall, and Geary; their dispatches to Pickering, including their report of Mr. X's surreptitious advice "that a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand...;" General Pinckney's response that he and his colleagues "had been treated with great slight and disrespect;" and other matters involving the XYZ Affair.
Also included are the Resolutions of the Senate [signed in type by Vice President Jefferson as President of the Senate] and House requesting President Adams to provide this information; and Adams's Message transmitting the same.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 34838. Sabin 34870. ESTC W20541. (Inventory #: 11029)