George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 4 December 1794

From Jean Baptiste de Ternant

4th December 1794

Mr Ternant presents his respectfull compliments to the President and takes the liberty of transmitting directly the inclosed answer to a note from Mr Randolph, covering a letter which is herewith returned.1

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AL, DNA: RG 59, Notes from the French Legation.

1. Ternant returned a letter from a Mr. Le Breton des Chapelles to GW of 21 Aug. 1794 that has not been found. Edmund Randolph’s note to Ternant of 18 Nov. has not been identified. On 9 Dec., State Department clerk George Taylor, Jr., replied to Le Breton des Chapelles by sending him a copy of Ternant’s enclosed answer (DNA: RG 59, Diplomatic and Consular Instructions, 1791–1801).

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    To George Washington from Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 4 December 1794
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    Ternant, Jean Baptiste de
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    Washington, George
    Date
    4 December 1794

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    “To George Washington from Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 4 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0162-0001. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 234.]