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To Thomas Jefferson from Edmond Charles Genet, 16 December 1793

From Edmond Charles Genet

Philadelphie1 le 16. xbre. 1793. l’an 2e. de la Repe. fse.

M.

Je vous prie de mettre sous les yeux du President la requisition ci Jointe que Je viens d’adresser au procureur general des Etats unis et de vouloir bien l’engager à préscrire à ce Magistrat d’entamer le plus promptement possible une procedure qui Interesse éssentiellement l’honneur de la france et le mien.

Dft (DLC: Genet Papers); unsigned; above salutation: “Le Cit Genet Ministre plenipotentiaire de la Repe. fse. à M. Jefferson secretaire d’Etat.” Recorded in SJL as received 17 Dec. 1793. Translation printed in Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser, 24 Dec. 1793.

For the context of this letter and its enclosure, see note to Proposed Public Statement on Edmond Charles Genet, [ca. 16 Dec. 1793].

1Interlined by Genet in place of “New York.”

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