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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... English themselves . Taxes were light ; in Connecticut no taxes were levied for three years running , except local ... English currency that they used every day , the imported English clothes that they wore , the strong , coarse Eng ...
... English themselves . Taxes were light ; in Connecticut no taxes were levied for three years running , except local ... English currency that they used every day , the imported English clothes that they wore , the strong , coarse Eng ...
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... English visitor , remarked sadly on the despairing on the despairing regularity of it all . Pools with fountains ... English and Russian , who stayed on the Left Bank in the late 1770's . The English travelers who gave the most details ...
... English visitor , remarked sadly on the despairing on the despairing regularity of it all . Pools with fountains ... English and Russian , who stayed on the Left Bank in the late 1770's . The English travelers who gave the most details ...
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... English interlocutor ? Obviously one of Eden's agents . He wouldn't have trusted one of his minor operatives with this assignment . It could have been Paul Wentworth , or at the very least Colonel Smith , both of whom were known to the ...
... English interlocutor ? Obviously one of Eden's agents . He wouldn't have trusted one of his minor operatives with this assignment . It could have been Paul Wentworth , or at the very least Colonel Smith , both of whom were known to the ...
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