BIB_ID
366428
Accession number
MA 157.91
Creator
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Display Date
[1798 June 10].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Date of writing is given as "le 22 prairial an 6."
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 14.
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.
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 14.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Expressing his indignation at the message delivered by the President of the United States to the Legislature; referring to his letter to the envoys of "le 28 Ventose dernier" [March 18, 1798] which he believes, if published, will allay any fears Americans have about their relations with the French government; expressing his sincere wish to conciliate the differences between the two countries and for the rights granted to them in the existing treaties to be restored.
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