1To Alexander Hamilton from Fisher Ames, 26 January 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Article 11 of the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France, signed on February 6, 1778. See
received eight hundred thousand francs and agreed to abandon any further claims. For the text of the Convention between the United States and France, July 4, 1831, see
3To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
, I, 111–12. In this letter the French chargé d’affaires complained to Jefferson that the tonnage tax on French shipping was a violation of Article V of the treaty of commerce between the United States and France.
4To Alexander Hamilton from Gouverneur Morris, 4 March 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Article 11 of the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France of February 6, 1778, in which the United States guaranteed French possessions in America (
5Enclosure: Gouverneur Morris to Alexander Hamilton, 4 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
The correspondent is referring to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France of 6 Feb. 1778.
6To Alexander Hamilton from Ambrose Vasse, [21 November 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
...pay for supplies sent to the island by United States merchants. The bills were drawn on the understanding that they would be paid for out of the debt which the United States owed to France. This understanding between the United States and France was approved by a decree passed by the French Legislative Assembly on June 28, 1792. See
7To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 8 May 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
Washington is referring to Article 23 (originally 25) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between the United States and France on February 6, 1778 (This guarantee was included in Article 11 of the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France, which was signed at Paris on February 6, 1778 (
8To Alexander Hamilton from Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 16 November 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
...faction, which through him have been put in motion; from those who for the sake of party, interest, or personality, have propagated falsehoods in every town; or who persevere in the hatred of a connection between the United States and France;—what is become of their base assertions, that tens and hundreds of thousand dollars have been received from the French minister?…”