BIB_ID
366452
Accession number
MA 157.96
Creator
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
Display Date
[1798 July 6].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Date of writing is given as "le 18 Messidor, an 6 de la Republique Française."
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.
This letter and the two Notes which follow (MA 157.97 and MA 157.98) are considered part of Letter 21 as marked in the endorsement on the verso of MA 157.98.
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.
This letter and the two Notes which follow (MA 157.97 and MA 157.98) are considered part of Letter 21 as marked in the endorsement on the verso of MA 157.98.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Expressing his frustration at the misunderstandings by the United States of the intentions of the French Republic; questioning the timing of the delivery of information to the U.S.; complaining of the unfair treatment and misrepresentation of the French government in the American press and the silence of the American government in response; sending him notes on Article 12 (MA 157.97) and Article 16 (MA 157.98) of the Treaty with the United States of the 14th of November 1788; urging him to postpone his departure and continue the discussions.
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