1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Pinckney, 27 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...both American property—in consequence of which they sought Pinckney’s assistance on behalf of the American owners in recovering the ship and cargo wrongfully held in violation of the neutrality of the American flag and the treaty between the United States and France (
2From 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.
3To 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...
4From 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...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Martin de Villeneuve, 22 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
of the 14 Nov. 1788 Consular Convention between the United States and France governs the settlement of differences between French citizens or whether Article
6To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 30 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...armed with eight cannon and manned by at least twenty men, had stayed in New York harbor too long to be considered a distressed vessel under Articles 17 and 22 of the 1778 treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and France, which effectively closed American ports to privateers of nations at war with France except under strictly defined conditions of distress (
7VI. Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
nation” is a very extensive one—the terms being almost words of course in Commercial Treaties. And consequently our own Vessels in the carrying Trade between the United States and France would be in a worse situation than French Vessels. This is the necessary result of equal privileges on on[e] side, and unequal on the other, in favour of the Vessels of France.
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 25 December 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
During a debate in the House of Representatives on 15 Dec. 1796, Fisher Ames alluded to newspaper accounts to prove that the crisis in relations between the United States and France was caused by
9To Thomas Jefferson from James Swan, 3 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
On Swan’s interest in promoting trade between the United States and France, see TJ to Swan, 23 Mch. 1789. It is possible that he sent TJ about this time a copy of his
10To Thomas Jefferson from Edmond Charles Genet, 27 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
between the United States and France gave French warships and privateers the right to bring enemy prizes into American ports without being subject to duties, seizure, search, arrest, or examination into the legality of prizes, but did not mention any role for French...
11To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 22 January 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
...other documents, the first being a long letter from Timothy Pickering to Charles C. Pinckney of 16 Jan. 1797, which Madison described as “corrosive.” The Pickering letter, with accompanying documentation, reviewed relations between the United States and France since 1793 and served as an answer to the numerous complaints cited by Pierre Auguste Adet in his letter to Pickering of 15 Nov....
12Memorial 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...
13Memorial 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...