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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... thought , from their faces , that her son must have died . " 11 Let it not be thought that disgrâce sent the victims to die under a torrid sun in some faraway spot like Devil's Island , the notorious penal colony . In the eighteenth ...
... thought , from their faces , that her son must have died . " 11 Let it not be thought that disgrâce sent the victims to die under a torrid sun in some faraway spot like Devil's Island , the notorious penal colony . In the eighteenth ...
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... thought I could rely , that you received visits from , and was on terms of fa- miliarity with General Arnold . Every American who gives his hand to that man , in my opinion pollutes it . " These hard words must have been written in the ...
... thought I could rely , that you received visits from , and was on terms of fa- miliarity with General Arnold . Every American who gives his hand to that man , in my opinion pollutes it . " These hard words must have been written in the ...
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... thought it would be cunning to mystify Adams and wrote to him from the First Bible Hotel in Amsterdam asking for an appointment and requesting that the reply be directed " to the gentleman who arrived this night , and lodges in the room ...
... thought it would be cunning to mystify Adams and wrote to him from the First Bible Hotel in Amsterdam asking for an appointment and requesting that the reply be directed " to the gentleman who arrived this night , and lodges in the room ...
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