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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... agent was called the Chevalier Julien Achard de Bon- vouloir and , wrote Guines enthusiastically , he not only was a gentleman and a retired officer of the well - known Régiment du Cap , but he had just returned from America , where he ...
... agent was called the Chevalier Julien Achard de Bon- vouloir and , wrote Guines enthusiastically , he not only was a gentleman and a retired officer of the well - known Régiment du Cap , but he had just returned from America , where he ...
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... agent and what transpired was , and remained , truly secret . " At our night time meetings , " wrote the agent in his report , " each one of them took a different route through the darkness to the indicated rendezvous . " For the ...
... agent and what transpired was , and remained , truly secret . " At our night time meetings , " wrote the agent in his report , " each one of them took a different route through the darkness to the indicated rendezvous . " For the ...
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... agents was Paul Wentworth . Wentworth , a relative of a close friend of John Adams , Gov- ernor John Wentworth of New ... Agent for Massachusetts . But he resigned before hostilities began , having already entered the Secret Service of ...
... agents was Paul Wentworth . Wentworth , a relative of a close friend of John Adams , Gov- ernor John Wentworth of New ... Agent for Massachusetts . But he resigned before hostilities began , having already entered the Secret Service of ...
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