1To 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...
2John 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...
3To 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
4John 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
5John 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.
6To 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...
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...
8To 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.