21IV. 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...
22From 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...
23Resolutions from Shenandoah County, Virginia, Citizens, 13 November 1793 (Washington Papers)
7 Resolved, that any endeavours to dissolve the connection between these United States,
and France, must be obviously attempted with a view to forward a more intimate union,
and Connection of the former, with great Brittain, as a leading step towards
assimilating the American goverment to the form and Spirit of the British...
24The 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 (
25To George Washington from Thomas Paine, 30 July 1796 (Washington Papers)
The second article of the treaty of commerce between the United States and France says:An analysis of the Jay Treaty and its impact on relations between the United States and France continues for three paragraphs in Paine’s pamphlet (see pp. 46–49).
26To 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 (
27To 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...
28From 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?
29Address from the Citizens of New York City, 8 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
For the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France, both signed in 1778, see
30“Helvidius” Number 5, [18 September] 1793 (Madison Papers)
...writer is better warranted in the fact which he assumes, namely that the proclamation of the Executive has undertaken to decide the question, whether there be a cause of war or not, in the article of guaranty between the United States and France, and, in so doing has exercised the right which is claimed for that department.