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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... arrive from America.10 Such were the difficulties of communication that Deane , com- plaining later in the letter that ... arrival in France responded immediately . There were two Frenchmen , both friends of Franklin , Dr. Barbeu Dubourg ...
... arrive from America.10 Such were the difficulties of communication that Deane , com- plaining later in the letter that ... arrival in France responded immediately . There were two Frenchmen , both friends of Franklin , Dr. Barbeu Dubourg ...
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... arrival caused a sensation in the seaport town . Vergennes was outraged . Did Beaumarchais not know the meaning of ... arrive safe they will give you some idea of my situation , without Intelligence , without Orders , and without ...
... arrival caused a sensation in the seaport town . Vergennes was outraged . Did Beaumarchais not know the meaning of ... arrive safe they will give you some idea of my situation , without Intelligence , without Orders , and without ...
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... arrival . Even blind old Madame du Deffand , who had no sympathy for the American cause , wrote to Horace Walpole on December 18 , " Since three or four days people say in the morn- ing that he has arrived and in the evening that he ...
... arrival . Even blind old Madame du Deffand , who had no sympathy for the American cause , wrote to Horace Walpole on December 18 , " Since three or four days people say in the morn- ing that he has arrived and in the evening that he ...
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