The Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France, signed in 1778, had stipulated that neither country should make peace without the concurrence of the other. During the peace negotiations Congress repeatedly had reminded the American commissioners of this treaty obligation to France and warned them against...
2VI. Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
nation” is a very extensive one—the terms being almost words of course in Commercial Treaties. And consequently our own Vessels in the carrying Trade between the United States and France would be in a worse situation than French Vessels. This is the necessary result of equal privileges on on[e] side, and unequal on the other, in favour of the Vessels of France.
3From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 5 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
There is certainly a million of livres in the pecuniary transactions between the United States and France acknowledged as a subsidy, which remains unaccounted for,
4Enclosure: [Questions in Preparation for a Meeting], 18 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
What is the effect of a Guarantee such as that to be found in the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France?
5Enclosure: Answer to Question the 3d. Proposed by the President of the UStates, 2 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The Treaties between the United States and France were made with His Most Christian Majesty, his heirs and successors. The Government of France which existed at the time those treaties were made, gave way, in the first instance to a new constitution, formed by the...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, [9–14 May 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
not warranted by the usage of nations nor by the stipulations existing between the United States and France. It is true, that it is not so warranted, nor yet by any law of the Land: that, therefore, it is a mere nullity, can be respected in no court, make no part in the title...
7Pacificus No. II, [3 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
The second & principal objection to the Proclamation namely that it is inconsistent with the Treaties between the United States and FranceThe Alliance between the United States and France is a
8Pacificus No. III, [6 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to the guarantee of the French West Indies by the United States contained in Article 11 of the 1778 Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France. See
9Memorandum from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 8 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
See the 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France (
10Draft of Question to Be Submitted to Justices of the Supreme Court, [18 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
I Do the Treaties between the United States and France give to France or her Citizens a This is a reference to the Consular Convention signed between the United States and France on November 14, 1788, and ratified by the Senate on July 29, 1789. For the text of this treaty, see
11I. Alexander Hamilton’s Questions for the Supreme Court, [ca. 18 July 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
between the United States and FranceTreaties between The United States and France
12Cabinet Opinions on the Roland and Relations with Great Britain, France, and the Creek Indians, 31 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
, 26:68–71). For the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, see
13From Alexander Hamilton to Charles François Bournonville, 10 December 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Edmond Charles Genet had asked Bournonville to settle with agents of the Treasury Department differences in the account between the United States and France. See
14Relations with France, [1795–1796] (Hamilton Papers)
There are circumstances, which render it too probable that a very delicate state of things is approaching between the United States and France. When threatened with foreign danger, from whatever quarter, it is highly necessary that we should be united at home; and considering our partiality hitherto for France, it is necessary towards this Union, that we should understand what...
15Remarks on the Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation lately made between the United States and Great Britain, [9–11 … (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Article 19 (originally 21) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce of February 6, 1778, between the United States and France (
16To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 September 1795 (Washington Papers)
For the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, see
17The Defence No. XVI, [18 September 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Article 22 (originally 24) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, February 6, 1778 (
18The Defence No. XVII, [22 September 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, February 6, 1778. See Space left blank in MS, but H is referring to Article 11 (originally 13) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France. For this article, see
19The Defence No. XXII, [5–11 November 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, signed at Paris on February 6, 1778 (
20The Defence No. XXV, [18 November 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
See Article 30 (originally 32) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, February 6, 1778, which states that subjects of the United States might use “… the free Ports which have been and are open in the french Islands of America …, agreable to the Regulations which relate to......of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, February 6...
21The Defence No. XXXVIII, [9 January 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France, signed at Paris on February 6, 1778. Articles 1 and 7 of this treaty read: “Art. 1. If War should break out betwan france and Great Britain, during the continuence of the present War betwan the......18) and Article 21 (originally 23) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France,...
22From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 30 July 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
This is presumably a reference to relations between the United States and France.
23From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, [3 November 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
H is referring to Article 22 (originally 24) of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, February 6, 1778, which reads: “It shall not be lawful for any foreign Privateers, not belonging to Subjects of the most Christian King nor Citizens of the said United States, who have Commissions from any other...
24To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 19 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
...France, and condemned U.S. neutrality policies of 1793 and 1794 that prohibited outfitting foreign armed vessels in U.S. ports. Adet began the letter by recalling the friendship between the United States and France established in their 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce, which stipulated “that French vessels of war … may freely conduct … the prizes they shall have made upon their enemies.”...
25The Answer, [8 December 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
suspends all the commercial relations between the United States and France, by preventing the supplies looked for by France from this country.Commerce between the United States and France of February 6, 1778, see
26To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, c. January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Article I of the 1778 Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France stipulated that in case of war between France and Great Britain, the United States and France would “make it a common cause, and aid each other mutually with their good Offices, their Counsels, and their forces. …” According to Article XI of the same treaty, the two nations also promised to guarantee...
27From Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick, [26 February 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France signed at Paris on February 6, 1778. For information on the articles of the treaty which H wished to have modified, see
28The Warning No. VI, [27 March 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
6th of February, 1778, between the United States and France, the former Power engaged to defend the American possessions in case of war, and that the Government and the commerce of the United States have strangely abused the forbearance of the republic of France, in turning to its...
29Enclosure: [Notes on Conduct with Great Britain], [10 April 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
H is referring to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France signed at Paris on February 6, 1778 (This is a reference to the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France signed at Paris on February 6, 1778 (
30Enclosure: Answer to Questions Proposed by the President of the U States, [29 April 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
H is referring to the mutual guarantees in Article 11 of the Treaty of Alliance concluded in 1778 between the United States and France. The United States guaranteed the present and future “Possessions of the Crown of france in America,” and France guaranteed the “liberty, Sovereignty, and Independence” of the United States (
31Conversation with Robert Liston, [28 October 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Article 23 (originally 25) of the 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France (
32The Stand No. I, [30 March 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
With an immense ocean rolling between the United States and France—with ample materials for ship building, and a body of hardy seamen more numerous and more expert than France can boast, with a population exceeding five millions, spread over a wide extent of country, offering no one point...
33The Stand No. II, [4 April 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France: Addressed by Robert G. Harper, Esq. of South Carolina to His Constituents, in May, 1797
34The Stand No. VI, [19 April 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
For the text of the “Convention Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Consuls and Vice Consuls,” signed by the United States and France on November 14, 1788, see
35From Alexander Hamilton to Harrison Gray Otis, 26 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I should be glad to see, before the close of the Session, a law impowering the President, at his discretion, in case a negotiation between the United States and France should not be on foot by the first of August next, or being on foot should terminate without an adjustment of differences, to declare that a state of war exists between the two Countries, and thereupon to employ...
36From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 13 March 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
This is a reference to Section 3 of “An Act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof” (See also “An Act further to suspend the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof” (
37Enclosure: France and America, [2 October 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
...clearly shewn by Mr. Jefforson, in his correspondence on the subject, and has been otherwise amply demonstrated, that this treaty did nothing more than adopt the principle as a rule to be observed, between the United States and France, with regard to each other when one was at peace, the other at war—that it did not bind either party to enforce or insist upon the rule as against other...
38Notes for Speech by Samuel Miles Hopkins to the Electors of the Middle District, [17–24 April 1801] (Hamilton Papers)
The House rejected “A bill to continue in force an act further to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France and the dependencies thereof” by a vote of fifty-nine to thirty-seven. Several Federalists voted with the majority (