BIB_ID
366439
Accession number
MA 157.93
Creator
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Display Date
[1798 June 27].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Date of writing is given as "le 9 messidor, an 6."
Endorsed on verso; indicating this is Letter No. 19.
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. 19.
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 continuing frustration over the misinterpretation by the American government of the intentions of the French republic; asking that they resume their negotiations; explaining the reasons for the perceived delay in the talks; asking if he did not come to France to establish friendship between their two countries and encouraging him to request whatever new powers he felt he needed to continue to negotiate; saying that he believes that a calm and candid discussion can clear up the misunderstandings between them; asking that they begin discussions on the 9th article of the consular convention of the 14th of November 1788; saying he is attaching a Note on the 9th article (MA 157.94).
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