1IV. John Adams to Charles Adams, 13 February 1794 (Adams Papers)
By the first Article of the Treaty of Commerce between the United States and France it is Stipulated that
2To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 6 June 1796 (Adams Papers)
...not yet appeared. He has only published a piece upon the English finances, which I sent you from London, and which in his own opinion amply revenges all the injuries and insults which the United States and France have received from Great Britain for the last four years.—What the present views of the American Representation in France are, I am unable to say but the final object of the french...
3John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 December 1796 (Adams Papers)
...from their neutral system of policy, or engage in War with any European Power whatever.” His next letter, of 24 Dec., again emphasized the concerns over the presidential elections as well as the growing tensions between the United States and France in the wake of the Jay Treaty and Pierre Auguste Adet’s resignation.
4From 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
5Enclosure: Jacob Vernes to Brailsford & Morris, 4 November 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...tobacco and the fisheries. Such a move, indeed, was a logical extension of the commercial and political strategy that lay at the heart of this aspect of TJ’s diplomacy: that of strengthening the trade links between the United States and France, of supporting a political ally, and of delivering a simultaneous blow at the trade—and particularly the maritime power—of England.
6From George Washington to the Cabinet, 18 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
X What is the effect of a Guarantee such as that to be found in the Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France?
7Enclosure: Questions on Neutrality and the Alliance with France, 18 April 1793 (Jefferson 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?
8From 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 (
9From John Jay to Daniel Coxe, 4 April 1796 (Jay Papers)
Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France.
10Edmund Randolph to Edmond Charles Genet, 5 February 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
...answer, explanatory of this affair, and, if any intention of commissioning the L’Orient has been entertained, that it will be renounced. The removal of suspicion at its earliest stage is the surest mode of continuing between the United States and France that harmony which it will be always my wish to maintain.”