1Cabinet 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
2Memorial from George Hammond, with Jefferson’s Notes, 8 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
by the stipulations of any existing treaties between the United States and France, and may lead to the most dangerous consequences. The undersigned therefore presumes to hope that, if his opinion should be so fortunate as to receive the sanction of the executive government of the United States, the latter will...
3Enclosure: Extracts on Relations Between United States and France, 28 September 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
United States and France
4Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 7 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
...was to forestall the arming of American privateers, and TJ joined the other members of Washington’s cabinet in support of the declaration of neutrality although there was a division of opinion over the status of the relationship between the United States and France (
5To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
...be subjected to all the duties which are there laid on the mass of foreign Vessels. . . . And consequently our own Vessels in the carrying Trade between the United States and France would be in a worse situation than French Vessels. . . . And if the principle of the Regulation cannot be deemed safe in a permanent view, it ought not to be admitted temporarily; for inconvenient precedents...
6IV. Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 16 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...the jurisdiction which may be rightfully exercised in the territory it occupies. If it cedes any portion of that jurisdiction to Judges appointed by another Nation, the limits of their power must depend on the instrument of cession. The United States and France, have, by their Consular Convention, given mutually to their Consuls jurisdiction in certain cases specially enumerated. But that...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Ternant, 15 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...at Charleston, has condemned, as legal prize, a British vessel captured by a French frigate, observing that this judicial act is 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...
8Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 12 June 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
9From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives, 15 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...to New York. (13) Louis André Pichon to secretary of state, 28 Ventose Year 9 (19 Mch. 1801), informing him that the first consul of France has issued orders for implementation of the convention between the United States and France even though the pact has not yet received final ratification; Pichon wishes to know the intentions of the United States regarding execution of the convention; see
10Thomas Jefferson to James Le Ray de Chaumont, 29 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
divided his time thereafter between the United States and France, with his longest stay at his
11Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
derived from the French title; gave the history of the French claims from 1673 to 1803; and concluded that the current disagreement between the United States and Spain grew out of the 1803 treaty between the United States and France in which the latter sold its Louisiana lands to the
12To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 3 January 1799 (Madison Papers)
Adams in his address to Congress on 8 Dec. promised that “the course of the transactions in relation to the United States and France, which have come to my knowledge during your recess, will be made the subject of a future communication.” But it was not until 18 Jan. that Elbridge Gerry’s diplomatic correspondence was released to Congress. That same......the United States and France,...
13Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 14 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
14From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 18 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
...’s plan for “a fresh attempt at negotiation,” called for a “mutual spirit of conciliation,” and advocated the removal of “inequalities” that might have arisen in relations between the United States and France due to the “operation” of treaties. The House debated it for a week. Robert Goodloe Harper opposed the amendment, arguing that France, once convinced of America’s firm resolve to resist...
15From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 4 May 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
, note, and succeeding documents)—to examine the state of the loan-contract between the United States and France of 25 Feb. 1783, was Saint-Amand, one of the representatives of the farmers-general at the Council of Berni and a vigorous opponent of the measures there adopted. As translated by John Pintard from
16Enclosure I: Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond, 15 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
...place, had condemned, as legal prize, a british vessel, captured by a french Frigate, and you justly add, that this judicial act is not warranted by the usage of nations, nor by the stipulations existing between the United States and France.
17Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 1 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
18From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 31 May 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
“commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof.” The House passed the bill on 1 June and the Senate six days later, but with amendments. Agreed to by both Houses, it was sent to President Adams on 13 June (
19Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 26 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
, 2:207–9, 211. For the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, both 1778, between the United States and France, see
20From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 May 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...s preamble made it clear that the legislation was aimed at the French, who were capturing American ships near the coast in violation of the law of nations and treaties between the United States and France. A motion on 23 May by North Carolina Senator Alexander Martin to have the preamble expunged was defeated by a 7 to 16 vote. An attempt to postpone the bill until word was received of the “...
21Thomas Jefferson to George P. Stevenson, 9 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
22From Thomas Jefferson to Etienne Clavière, 16 August 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...immediately after the fall of the monarchy in August. TJ was well aware of Clavière’s antimercantilist views and obviously hoped that he would use his influence to help remove the restrictions on American commerce which troubled relations between the United States and France during TJ’s tenure as Secretary of State (
23From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 24 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...1 June 1794 payment on the American debt in the Netherlands lest American credit in Europe be ruined; and stating, in view of the differences between Genet and the Treasury Department about the state of the account between the United States and France, that he would immediately proceed to adjust the account (
24From Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 16 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
). (2) Treaty and conventions between the United States and France, 30 Apr., for the sale of Louisiana. (3) “An Act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at...
25From Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond, 15 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...condemned, as legal prize, a british vessel, captured by a french Frigate, and you justly add, that this judicial act is not warranted by the usage of nations, nor by the stipulations existing between the United States and France. I observe further, that it is not warranted by any law of the Land. It is consequently a mere nullity, as such it can be respected in no Court, can make no part in...
26From Thomas Jefferson to Levi Lincoln, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
cited the authority on international law Emmerich de Vattel as justification for restoring the ship to the condition it was in when it was taken and stated that the desire for a quick restoration of good relations between the United States and France was the motive for restoring the ship immediately, rather than after final ratification of the convention. The
27From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 3 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
In July 1798 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, the Dutch minister to France, approached Talleyrand and Elbridge Gerry with an offer by the Batavian Republic to serve as mediator in the dispute between the United States and France. On 23 Aug. William Vans
28From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith, 17 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
but it also has not been found. Ternant wrote a letter to Montmorin on 19 Nov. 1791 explaining that in order to promote harmonious relations between the United States and France he had forwarded the papers relating to the case of the sloop
29To 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.
30Enclosure Thomas Jefferson’s First Opinion on a New Foreign Loan, 5 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
For the contract between the United States and France of 25 Feb. 1783 for the payment of the American debt to France, see