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Notwithstanding it has been supposed by the French ministry that the financial
stipulation of the treaty cannot be carried ... and the French minister
plenipotentiary at Washington , and more recently through the minister of the
United States at ...
Notwithstanding it has been supposed by the French ministry that the financial
stipulation of the treaty cannot be carried ... and the French minister
plenipotentiary at Washington , and more recently through the minister of the
United States at ...
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the appointment of a minister plenipotentiary to Paris , but to despatch him in
season to communicate the result of his application to the French Government at
an early period of your session . I accordingly appointed a distinguished citizen
for ...
the appointment of a minister plenipotentiary to Paris , but to despatch him in
season to communicate the result of his application to the French Government at
an early period of your session . I accordingly appointed a distinguished citizen
for ...
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The message did not reach Paris until more than a month after the Chambers
had been in session ; and such was the insensibility of the Ministry to our rightful
claims and just expectations , that our Minister had been informed that the matter
...
The message did not reach Paris until more than a month after the Chambers
had been in session ; and such was the insensibility of the Ministry to our rightful
claims and just expectations , that our Minister had been informed that the matter
...
Page 356
part of France to fulfil engagements binding by the law of nations , and held
sacred by the whole civilized world . The nature of the act which France requires
from this Government , is clearly set forth in the letter of the French Minister ,
marked ...
part of France to fulfil engagements binding by the law of nations , and held
sacred by the whole civilized world . The nature of the act which France requires
from this Government , is clearly set forth in the letter of the French Minister ,
marked ...
Page 357
his letter to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , of the 25th of April , 1835 , and
repeated by my published approval of that letter after the passage of the bill of
indemnification . Does France want a degrading , servile repetition of this act , in
...
his letter to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , of the 25th of April , 1835 , and
repeated by my published approval of that letter after the passage of the bill of
indemnification . Does France want a degrading , servile repetition of this act , in
...
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| Title | Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His Life |
| Author | United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) |
| Publisher | J.F. Brown and W. White, 1837 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 437 pages |
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