CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN SENATE, APRIL 4th, 1794. ORDERED, THAT THE THREE LETTERS FROM THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN LONDON AND THE LETTER.FROM THE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.BE PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE SENATE. ATTEST SAMUEL A. OTIS, SECRETARY [caption title].

[Privateering - British and French]:

Published by [Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1794].

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Early Senate document printing diplomatic correspondence between the U.S., France, and Great Britain on the "vexations and spoliations" of American merchant ships by French and British privateers during the 1793-94 war between Britain and France. Much of the pamphlet involves British policies of letters of marque against French ships and American vessels trading with French colonies, as detailed by U.S. Ambassador to Britain Thomas Pinckney and British War Secretary Henry Dundas. A letter by Joseph Fauchet, the French ambassador to the U.S., defends the French embargo and refutes charges of misconduct on the seas, to which Secretary of State Edmund Randolph's reply is also printed. The correspondence dates from Dec. 26, 1793, to April 3, 1794. A rare and interesting document of the diplomacy that helped set the stage for Jay's Treaty, which was signed the following November. OCLC records fewer than ten physical copies as of 2023. EVANS 27891. ESTC W27273. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Blank impressions of scribbles on first leaf, light scattered foxing, marginal soiling, else very good. Untrimmed.

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• Title: CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN SENATE, APRIL 4th, 1794. ORDERED, THAT THE THREE LETTERS FROM THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN LONDON AND THE LETTER.FROM THE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.BE PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE SENATE. ATTEST SAMUEL A. OTIS, SECRETARY [caption title].
• Publisher: [Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1794].