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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... Jay were already friendly as the Committee of Secret Correspondence prepared to send Adams ' friend Silas Deane ... John Jay retained the chemical solvent which would make the agent's reports readable . He and Robert Morris studied the ...
... Jay were already friendly as the Committee of Secret Correspondence prepared to send Adams ' friend Silas Deane ... John Jay retained the chemical solvent which would make the agent's reports readable . He and Robert Morris studied the ...
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... John Jay must have hurt him badly . It was Jay , then serving on the Committee of Secret Corre- spondence , who had sent him off to France with a supply of Sir James Jay's invisible ink , retaining himself the chemical solvent with ...
... John Jay must have hurt him badly . It was Jay , then serving on the Committee of Secret Corre- spondence , who had sent him off to France with a supply of Sir James Jay's invisible ink , retaining himself the chemical solvent with ...
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The First Americans in Paris Susan Mary Alsop. John Jay : The Making of a Revolutionary . 6. Ibid . , p . 693 . 7. Morris , The Peacemakers , p . 223 . 8. Morris , ed . , John Jay : The Making of a Revolutionary , P. 716 . 3 . Ibid . , p ...
The First Americans in Paris Susan Mary Alsop. John Jay : The Making of a Revolutionary . 6. Ibid . , p . 693 . 7. Morris , The Peacemakers , p . 223 . 8. Morris , ed . , John Jay : The Making of a Revolutionary , P. 716 . 3 . Ibid . , p ...
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