A Message from the president of the United States of America, to Congress; : relative to the French Republic; delivered January 19, 1797, witih the papers therein referred to. : Published by order of the House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.

Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824.

United States. Department of State.

United States. Congress 1795-1796)

United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

France--Foreign relations--United States.

France.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1789-1797.

United States--Foreign relations--France.

Penn Provenance:

Trasoff, Anna (donor) (copy 1)

Physical Description:

92 pages, 56 unnumbered pages, 16 pages, 420 unnumbered pages, 207 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed by W. Ross, near Congress-Hall., [1797]

Contents:

[Washington's message]

From Mr. Pickering, secretary of state, to Mr. Pinckney, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, at Paris. Department of State, January 16th, 1797

Appendix [163 letters from various correspondent concerning between the U.S. and France]

French originals

Index to the letter from Mr. Pickering

Index to the appendix.

Notes:

Many copies lack one or more sections.

Signatures: [A]4 B-C4 2C4 D-K4 L2; A-G4 2A-2D4 3A-3C4 3D2 4A-4B4 5A-5M4 5N2 6A-6D4 7A-7F4 7G2 8A4 8B2 9A-9E4 9F2 10A-10F4 10G2 11A-11C4 11D2; A-Z4 2A-2C4; [A]4 [B]2. Gatherings 2A, 2B, 2C, etc., signed A2, B2, C2, etc.

Error in paging: p. 25-56, 1st count, misnumbered 24-55.

''[Letter] From Mr. Pickering, secretary of state, to Mr. Pinckney, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, at Paris. Department of State, January 16th, 1797.''--p. [5]-92, 1st count.

''Appendix.''--[56], 16, [420] p. Contains 163 letters from various correspondents concerning relations between the U.S. and France.

''French originals.''--207, [1] p.

Index to the letter from Mr. Pickering, p. [1-6] at end, with an errata note, p. [6].

''Index to the appendix containing the documents.''--p. [7-11] at end; errata note, p. [12].

Local Notes:

Copy 1 imperfect: "French originals", 207, [13] p. at end wanting

Copy 2 With copy 3 of: Congress of the United States. In Senate, January the 20th, 1797. The following message from the President of the United States was read. [Philadelphia : Printed by John Fenno?, 1797.]

Copy 2 imperfect: p. [1]-92 (1st count) and "French originals." - 207, [13] p. wanting.

Cited in:

Evans 33048

Evans 33049

OCLC:

19374542