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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Page 170
... French , seeing their proud fleet return after fifteen months in American waters with nothing to show for the expen- sive effort , became discouraged with the war . It was said that French sailors had been roughed up by gangs in the ...
... French , seeing their proud fleet return after fifteen months in American waters with nothing to show for the expen- sive effort , became discouraged with the war . It was said that French sailors had been roughed up by gangs in the ...
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... French empire were the last things Vergennes sought . Spain , on the other hand , desired above all to preserve her huge colonial empire in both Americas and , if possible , to expand it . A weak America , with Spain in firm control of ...
... French empire were the last things Vergennes sought . Spain , on the other hand , desired above all to preserve her huge colonial empire in both Americas and , if possible , to expand it . A weak America , with Spain in firm control of ...
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... French ministers ; kings of France Franklin , Benjamin , 16 , 29–31 , 41 , 45 , 47 , 107 , 165n , 195 , 279 , 280 , 281 arrival in France , 63 , 68-69 audience with Louis XVI , 110 Bains Poitevin meeting , 102 conversation with Lee ...
... French ministers ; kings of France Franklin , Benjamin , 16 , 29–31 , 41 , 45 , 47 , 107 , 165n , 195 , 279 , 280 , 281 arrival in France , 63 , 68-69 audience with Louis XVI , 110 Bains Poitevin meeting , 102 conversation with Lee ...
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