1The 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...
2From 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” (
3Enclosure: [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 (
4Enclosure: 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 (
5Conversation 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 (
6Enclosure: 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...
7From 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...
8The 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
9The 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...
10The 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