REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SINCE THE YEAR NINETY-THREE, OR, THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND THE FRENCH MINISTER ON THAT SUBJECT.
Boston, Mass: [Printed for General Information by Benjamin Russell], 1796 [1797]. Stitched Pamphlet. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 87. Untrimmed. NO TITLE PAGE. Final leaf (p. 87) nearly disbound. Age-toning and a touch of spotting to leaves, with several bent corners. Tideline in margin of bottom right corner. Howes P341. Good Minus. Item #88885
The work features correspondence between the U.S. Secretary of State (Timothy Pickering, 1745 - 1829) and the French minister (Pierre-Auguste Adet), The date marks the beginning of the Washington administration's second term and the start of a period of significant foreign policy challenges, particularly with France. in this pamphlet, Pickering denounces Adet, and reviles the French policies, making it clear that his affinity and sympathy was with England.
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