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 82
... wife was considered by the Foreign Office too lowborn to ac- company him . Reunited when he was named Minister of For- eign Affairs in 1774 , he rejoined his family with delight and , as his wife had not yet been received at Court , he ...
... wife was considered by the Foreign Office too lowborn to ac- company him . Reunited when he was named Minister of For- eign Affairs in 1774 , he rejoined his family with delight and , as his wife had not yet been received at Court , he ...
Page 171
... wife . More than a year before , the watchful Empress Maria Theresa had written to Mercy - Argenteau , the Austrian Ambas- sador : " My daughter would do well not to show her predilection for the English so openly . I know that this has ...
... wife . More than a year before , the watchful Empress Maria Theresa had written to Mercy - Argenteau , the Austrian Ambas- sador : " My daughter would do well not to show her predilection for the English so openly . I know that this has ...
Page 275
... wife by the Court . It was years before Marie Antoinette could bring herself to receive the Comtesse de Vergennes because of her lowly birth , and her devoted husband resented this bitterly . Even when she had been officially re- ceived ...
... wife by the Court . It was years before Marie Antoinette could bring herself to receive the Comtesse de Vergennes because of her lowly birth , and her devoted husband resented this bitterly . Even when she had been officially re- ceived ...
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