1Abigail Adams to Isaac Smith Sr., 12 March 1787 (Adams Papers)
Charles Alexandre de Calonne, comptroller general of the finances of France, sent a letter on 22 Oct. 1786 to Thomas Jefferson detailing a plan for improved commercial relations between the United States and France. The letter was published in the New York
2Abigail Adams to William Smith, 15 April 1798 (Adams Papers)
Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France
3Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 22 April 1798 (Adams Papers)
Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France
4Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 8 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
“An act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof,” prohibiting American ships from French ports and French ships from U.S. ports, was passed by the Senate in an 18 to 4 vote on 7 June. Of the ten senators absent,...
5Abigail Adams to William Smith, 29 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
, and note 2, below. On 25 June the Senate passed a bill 14 to 5 declaring the treaties formerly concluded between the United States and France void. The House debated the bill on 6 July, and after reducing the Senate’s preamble to the bill, passed it 47 to 37. The bill became law on 7 July (