1John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
The new french Director is Treilhard, and a Paris newspaper, published by Poultier, hitherto a member of the Legislature, says that he will prevail upon his colleagues to reform, that monstrous corruption and venality, which prevail in every department of the administration, which is of public notoriety...
2John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
...the diplomatic skill of France, and the french party in America, to throw the blame of the rupture upon the American Government, and they are apparently now preparing to carry this threat into execution.— The Moniteur, a Paris newspaper under the influence and controul of the Government, in a pretended article from New-York dated 12. April, says, that the
3John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 22 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
...this part is almost a repetition of a speech made last Winter by a member of the house of representatives upon the foreign intercourse bill; which speech was the only one upon that occasion that has appeared translated in the Paris Newspapers.
4To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 13 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
...“The news brought by the liberty has made no great sensation.” The inclosed copy of a letter dated at Bordeaux Augt. 27 from Mr. Hory gives the information concerning General Pinckney’s departure. A Paris newspaper of the 24th of August, sent by Mr. Hory for Genl. Pinckney, contains Philadelphia news of the 24th of July. An extract of those articles is inclosed; to which is added (from the...
5Abigail Adams to John Adams, 19 June 1795 (Adams Papers)
...or profession, any society, assembly or mob, are not the French people.” The report further proclaimed the right of the government to forcibly suppress such assemblies and prosecute the organizers. Translations of Merlin’s declaration, reprinted from Paris newspapers, appeared in the New York press from 19 June (New York
6To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 3 February 1797 (Adams Papers)
I shall for the future send you constantly a Paris newspaper of considerable reputation, as well as the Leyden Gazette. I hope they may sometimes give you valuable information.
7From Thomas Jefferson to Aaron Burr, 12 November 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...October. On 15 Oct. Noah Webster’s New York Commercial Advertiser began publication of a series of articles on Logan’s visit that was based on reports from Paris newspapers. On the 16th the Advertiser reported that Logan was not on official business, and that the Directory, afraid of a misunderstanding, wished him to complete his affairs quickly. On 5 Nov. the Advertiser printed a highly...
8George P. Stevenson to Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry] Paris; newspapers [index entry]
9Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville to Thomas Jefferson, 3 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry] Paris; newspapers [index entry]
10Dabney C. Terrell to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry] Paris; newspapers [index entry]
11Caspar Wistar to Thomas Jefferson, 27 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry] Paris; newspapers [index entry]
12John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris; newspapers [index entry]
13To Thomas Jefferson from Julian Ursin Niemcewicz, 9 June 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
of 5 June, which cited a Paris newspaper, that a French expedition “at once of a military and scientific nature,” with scholars to accompany an army of 20,000, was in preparation for
14To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 22 January 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
and was soon to depart. The rumor spread to France where a Paris newspaper reported that Madison had arrived in the city on 2 Apr. 1797 (
15Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry]
16Marc Antoine Jullien to Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper) [index entry]
17David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Courrier Français (Paris newspaper) [index entry]
18To James Madison from John Mitchell, 13 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Mitchell may have referred to the Paris newspaper
19To James Madison from William D. Patterson, 1 September 1807 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed I take the liberty to send you, our last Paris Newspaper. By it you will see, Sir, that we are not the only neutral nation, against whom the British practice their atrocities, whilst reposing in profound Peace. I have the honor to be Sir with the
highest esteem...
20To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, 10 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
, p. 587). A notice from a Paris newspaper, dated 10 May, printed in the
21To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1799 (Madison Papers)
published reports from Paris newspapers on 17, 21, and 29 Jan. 1799 giving details of Bonaparte’s successes in July through September 1798.
22To James Madison from John Armstrong, 5 June 1809 (Madison Papers)
agreement. Obviously he was not eager to report this latest setback to his colleague in Paris, but Armstrong learned of it on the next day from the Paris newspapers (Adams,
23From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 30 March 1802 (Madison Papers)
...We are anxious to hear from you on the several subjects with which you have been charged; particularly on that of Louisiana. By a Treaty entered into between Spain and France in March 1801, and lately published in the Paris newspapers,
24From John Adams to Richard Rush, 11 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
...extreamly cautious of publishing any Thing from his Letters. I enjoined it upon him to write nothing to me, that he was not willing Should be printed at the Same time in the London and Paris Newspapers. Our Letters have allmost all been opened and read in French or English Courts, and afterwards Sent to Us. You may conclude there has been no Secrets or Treason in them. I have been...
25To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 11–12 October 1796 (Washington Papers)
...we have this evening, in Brown’s paper, an extract of a letter from Paris, dated August 2d (Dr E. was there till the 7th) in which the note to Barthelemy is mentioned as printed in a Paris Newspaper: but it recites
26To George Washington from John Marshall, 15 September 1797 (Washington Papers)
The Paris newspapers with reports of the coup d’état of 18 Fructidor and its aftermath that Marshall sent to GW have not been identified, but see note 8, ibid., 142. At the time of the coup d’état, Jean...
27To George Washington from Gouverneur Morris, 23 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
..., dated 25 July 1792 and issued under Brunswick’s signature, which threatened “total destruction” to anyone who opposed their efforts to restore the authority of Louis XVI. Its publication in the Paris newspapers led to violent protests in the streets of Paris. On 10 Aug. a mob stormed the Tuileries, where Louis XVI and his family were living, and massacred the Swiss Guard which...
28Editorial Note: Jefferson, Freneau, and the Founding of the National Gazette (Jefferson Papers)
papers. Jefferson thought his essay on population and emigration so important that, immediately on its appearance, he urged William Short to have it translated and published in the Paris newspapers.
29Memorandum Books, 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
. This daily Paris newspaper printed advertisements of property for sale or rent, notices of commercial novelties and cultural events, and announcements of new books.