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Adams selects envoys to negotiate with France, plus their instructions...



Item # 703979

April 25, 1798

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, April 25, 1798  Page 2 begins with a document signed by President John Adams headed: "Full Powers" given to the ambassadors to France to whom he has given power to work out the details with the ongoing XYZ Affair and Quasi-War with France.
Following this document is the very lengthy: "Instructions" given to the American envoys taking nearly a full page & signed in type by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
Four pages, glued at the spine, water stains, otherwise good condition.

Item from Catalog 349 (released for December, 2024)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's