1James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
2James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
3To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 17 October 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
alliance between the United States and France was insincere and transitory
4III. Gallatin’s Remarks on the Draft, 21 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: under Article 9 of the 1788 consular convention between the United States and France and a 1792 act to implement it, a consul or vice consul could obtain the arrest of deserters from his country’s ships, and federal courts were to give “all aid and assistance” necessary. In 1794, Jean...
5From 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...
6Enclosure: Albert Gallatin’s Memorandum on Edward Livingston’s Suit against Thomas Jefferson in the Batture Case, [ca. … (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
7William H. Crawford to Thomas Jefferson, 16 June 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
8Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 1 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
9David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
10John Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
11To Thomas Jefferson from Pierre Auguste Adet, 27 July 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...she had engaged the United States into making towards us. The opinion which the Directory adopted was that of the friends of liberty, and of those who knew the real interests of the United States and France. But to bring about the triumph of that opinion they were required to struggle against the secret friends of England, who to back up the efforts of the partisans of discord which that...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Barnes, 10 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
An article in each of those pacts guaranteed the free passage of ships and protected the cargoes of neutral vessels. Those provisions appeared also in a treaty between Russia and Sweden in March 1801. The convention between the United States and France included similar guarantees, Article 14 declaring “that free ships shall give a freedom to goods” (
13James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
14To Thomas Jefferson from Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 14 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
by a Repetition but beg Leave to add That I am Confident That after my Father has done Every Thing in his power to serve both Countries of United States and France That I having followed his Example with Zeal, Integrity and Probity, you will take in your Wisdom my Critical Situation and not abandon me as a Bastard of not any Country?
15James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
16John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
17Richard Rush to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
18From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 31 December 1790 (Madison Papers)
. Gives his views concerning the application of the treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and France to the latter’s protest of the United States tonnage acts.
19To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Elam, 10 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The differences, between the United States and France, having been terminated by their late Treaty, and the Treaty subsisting between this Country and
20Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
21To Thomas Jefferson from Elijah Griffiths, 4 August 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
who had criticized the army’s conduct. In both letters Liston reported that the United States and France were close to formal war. In later correspondence with officials in London, Liston admitted that the letters exposed his friendly status with the Adams administration and tended to support the Republican contention that he was “employed” to produce... ...between the United States and France...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston, 28 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: Joseph Bonaparte participated in the negotiation of the Convention of 1800 between the United States and France, and his estate at Môrtefontaine was the site of the ceremony to commemorate the pact’s signing (
23To Thomas Jefferson from John Vaughan, 25 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...States rather than go to war against France; such “is not the case now—They only wait the orders of Govt. & in the twinkling on an Eye New Orleans would be ours”; if the United States and France come into conflict, it will be of critical importance to send immediately a force of 4,000 to 5,000 men to protect the Mississippi Territory “& keep in awe the Savages who are still much...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Lee, 4 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...7, adopted by the President of the United States and annexed to the Treasury Secretary’s circular letter, which declared equipments adapted solely for war unlawful, and of Articles 18 and 19 of the treaty between the United States and France, the exceptions to which did not comprehend this case, since the ship had entered with the French fleet from Cap-Français and been in the harbor since...
25Memorial from George Hammond, 7 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...use the expressions of the Secretary of States letter of the 15 of May) that “their judicial acts are not warranted by the usage of nations, by the stipulations existing between the United States and France nor by any laws of the land” he shall consequently consider the condemnation in this instance by the French Consular tribunal at Baltimore, “as a mere nullity” and shall therefore...
26Memorial 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...
27To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, [10 January 1801?] (Jefferson Papers)
I Need Not telling You How Happy I Have Been Made By a Reconciliation Between the United States and france—I Have Every Reason to Believe that the Dispositions of this Governement Are in that Respect Very Good—You Will, I think, Be Satisfied With Cen pichon, Whose Acquaintance Has Been Very Agreeable to Me, Who Has the...
28David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 20 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]
29From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1784 (Madison Papers)
alliance between the United States and France
30To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 5 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...assurance, relative to his expences”; he hopes the government will reimburse Stevens. (15) Pickering to Stevens, Washington, 16 Dec. 1803; he reviews the strained relations between the United States and France in 1798 and 1799, which led to Stevens’s mission to restore commerce with Saint-Domingue; the uncommon mission “demanded sagacity, firmness, address, a knowledge of the French language...