21Notes for Reply to Jean Baptiste Ternant, 18 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Substance of the answer proposed to the letter of the French Minister of Apr. 13. Before the new Government of France had time to attend to things on this side the Atlantic, and to provide a Deposit of money for their purposes here, there was a necessity that we, as their friends and debtors, should keep their affairs from suffering, by furnishing money for urgent purposes. This obliged us to...
22Enclosure: [Questions in Preparation for a Meeting], 18 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Question I. Shall a proclamation issue for the purpose of preventing interferences of the Citizens of the United States in the War between France & Great Britain &ca? Shall it contain a declaration of Neutrality or not? What shall it contain? Questn. II. Shall a Minister from the Republic of France be received? Questn. III. If received shall it be absolutely or with qualifications; and if with...