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Abbé Raynal's address to America... John Adams & Thomas Jefferson as ambassadors...

Item # 711119

July 30, 1785

THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEEER, OR THE CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM, Philadelphia, July 30, 1785 Perhaps the most noteworthy content is Abbé Raynal's address to America. Multiple sources say his noteworthy warning/plea was first printed posthumously in 1800, however, its presence within this newspaper proves otherwise. A nice find.
Page 2 has a notice from London that: "This day John Adams, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, had a private audience of his Majesty to deliver his credentials...". Also page 3 mentions: "Colonel [Thomas] Jefferson, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of North America, to the French Court, is arrived at Paris & had a private audience with the King..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, various wear at the folds causes some breaks, discrete archival mends at folds, light dirtiness to the front page.