1To Alexander Hamilton from Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 26 September 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
...to Berlin in May, 1777. Subsequently he was a self-appointed agent for the United States to Copenhagen and Stockholm. After the war he returned to the United States and became a supporter of Francisco de Miranda. He repeatedly petitioned Congress for payment for his European activities during the Revolution. On March 3, 1807, Congress passed “An Act for the relief of Stephen Sayre” for...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Williamson, 26 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...he took American citizenship and served four terms in the state assembly. After returning to Britain in 1803 he acted as an informal advisor to the British government, took an interest in the schemes of Aaron Burr and Francisco de Miranda, and died while carrying a message from Castlereagh to the Spanish West Indies (
3From Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Shelby, 28 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
A few months earlier the Secretary of State had learned that France was contemplating an expedition under Francisco de Miranda to seize New Orleans and liberate the Spanish colonies south of it (
4Charles Adams to John Adams, 19–20 February 1793 (Adams Papers)
Gen. Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816) was born in Venezuela. He had served with the French in the American Revolution and now led a portion of their army alongside Dumouriez. The French had occupied Antwerp in December (
5Notes on Conversations with William Stephens Smith and George Washington, 20 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
, 212–25). When Smith left Paris early in November 1792 the French government was planning to dispatch an expedition to liberate South America under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan revolutionary leader who had recently become a general in the French army, but it abandoned this plan shortly thereafter (William S. Robertson,
6To Alexander Hamilton from Francisco de Miranda, 4 November 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
From Francisco de Miranda
7Conversation with George Beckwith, 15 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Francisco de Miranda to H, April 5, 1791
8To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Platt, 8 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Francisco de Miranda to H, April 5, 1791, note 2
9To George Washington from William Stephens Smith, 6 June 1791 (Washington Papers)
below, and Francisco de Miranda to Henry Knox, 2 Feb. 1791,
10To Alexander Hamilton from Francisco de Miranda, [5 April 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
From Francisco de MirandaF. de Miranda.