BIB_ID
102804
Accession number
MA 157.17
Creator
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Display Date
1797 June 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) : vellum ; 30 x 37.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With paper seal affixed to vellum.
With paper seal affixed to vellum.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Appointing Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry as "Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary" for the "Purpose of terminating all deficiencies between the United States of America and the French Republic.
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