[PICKERING, Timothy et al.].

Instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

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[PICKERING, Timothy et al.]. Instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to the French Republic, Their Letters of Credence and Full Powers, and the Dispatches Received from Them Relative to Their Mission. Published by the Secretary of State, in Conformity with the Resolution of Congress, of the 22d June 1798. Phila.: Printed by W. Ross, [1798]. 1st ed. 131pp. Orig. unprinted blue wrappers. Wrappers professionally repaired, some light scattered foxing, else very good. The correspondence and reports relating to the XYZ Affair and the strained relations between the U.S. and the French in 1797. Includes reports of ambassadors John Marshall, C.C. Pinckney, and Elbridge Gerry; and documents of Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State and John Adams as President. Evans 34838.

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