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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Both authors signed and one inscribed on the half title page. This is a nice clean book with light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Newton H Ancarrow (illustrator). 2nd Edition. SIGNED & Has DJ -- EMAIL for Pictures. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by both authors. Sun lightly sunned, fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. The book is inscribed by Author. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Price clipped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

HC. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator). 112pp good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) - signed by the author.

Monroe also introduces James Swan, an American living in France and seeking to promote business between the two nations, who can give him details in personHe asks that Langdon and Dr. Elisha Story, father of Justice Joseph Story, assist Swan and his aide in their effortsBy June 1794, France had become weary of the mounting executions (1,300 in June alone) in the Reign of Terror, which was led by Robespierre. On 8 Thermidor (July 26) Robespierre unwisely gave a speech full of threats. The next day, the deputies in the National Convention decreed his arrest, and he was executed on July 28. This was nothing less than a coup. The new French Constitution of 1795 established a liberal republic with a franchise based on the payment of taxes, a bicameral legislature, and a five-man Directory. At the same time, in 1794 and 1795, French armies were extending their influence by invading nearby Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands. The siege of Maastricht in the latter country took place from September 19 - November 4, 1794, and saw the French capture one of the last Austrian-held strongholds close to the Austrian Netherlands, completing the French conquest of the area. They also scored victories over the Spanish that year. Napoleon, already a general, began his rise when he was asked to draw up plans to attack Italian positions in the context of France?s war with Austria.In an attempt to keep relations friendly between the United States and France, James Monroe was sent to Paris in the spring of 1794 as minister plenipotentiary. His task was not an easy one because the United States was also trying to keep peace with Great Britain, France's enemy. Jay's Treaty with Britain frustrated Monroe's determined efforts to retain cordial relations with the French Government, who were angered and offended by it. Monroe would be recalled from France on August 22, 1796 by President Washington, who had been influenced by Gouverneur Morris to believe, wrongly, that Monroe was organizing an anti-Washington conspiracy among Frenchmen.James Swan was a colorful personality based in Boston in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty, participated in the Boston Tea Party, and was twice wounded at Bunker Hill. He next became secretary of the Massachusetts Board of War. During the time he held that office, he drew heavily on his private funds to aid the Continental Army, which was then in dire need of money to arm and equip the soldiers who were arriving in Boston from all parts of New England. After the Revolution Swan privately assumed the entire United States? French debts, then resold these debts at a profit. But due to Swan, the United States no longer owed money to foreign governments, although it continued to owe money to private investors both in the United States and in Europe. After various ventures in finance and real estate, and years of living in high style, in 1788 the indebted Swan moved to France. En route, he stayed at Mt. Vernon as a guest of George Washington. He also knew John Hancock and in France his social circle included Lafayette. Swan was successful in his business activities while in France, and would return to the U.S. in 1794.In February 1790 he was consulted, along with Gouverneur Morris, by the French Government respecting the tobacco monopoly. On December 4, 1791 he made an offer to the French Assembly, on behalf of a company of merchants, to buy up the French claims for repayment of advances made during the Revolutionary War, by paying a lump sum down in lieu of the installments. The offer was referred to the Finance Committee, but nothing came of it. On January 15, 1793 Swan contracted with the French Government to supply 30,000 barrels of pork from South America, and he received 160,000 francs in payment. On December 27, 1793, Swan contracted with the French Government to supply gunpowder, saltpetre, and potash. On February 24, 1794, he obtained leave to export to America articles of lu.