Yankees at the Court: The First Americans in ParisThe author discusses the experiences of the first American diplomats in the court of Versailles during the years 1775-85. This book includes Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. |
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... ambassador had just made an incredibly stupid diplomatic gaffe in London . Interfering in matters that were not his business , he had informed his colleague the Spanish Ambassador to London that , in case of war between Spain and ...
... ambassador had just made an incredibly stupid diplomatic gaffe in London . Interfering in matters that were not his business , he had informed his colleague the Spanish Ambassador to London that , in case of war between Spain and ...
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... Ambassador , Lord Stormont , had received a full description of Madame du Deffand's reception for Dr. Franklin the next day and , on January 1 , 1777 , he wrote a dispatch to the Secretary of State in London , Lord Weymouth , that was ...
... Ambassador , Lord Stormont , had received a full description of Madame du Deffand's reception for Dr. Franklin the next day and , on January 1 , 1777 , he wrote a dispatch to the Secretary of State in London , Lord Weymouth , that was ...
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... ambassador's opinion " that they wished to wound but dared not strike . " 16 In other words , the French government was not ready to risk war with England . Stormont also enclosed the minutes of a secret meeting be- tween Franklin and ...
... ambassador's opinion " that they wished to wound but dared not strike . " 16 In other words , the French government was not ready to risk war with England . Stormont also enclosed the minutes of a secret meeting be- tween Franklin and ...
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