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XYZ Affair:
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS, COMMUNICATED BY THE PRESIDENT, ON THE EIGHTEENTH JANUARY 1799. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND PRINTED BY JOHN W. FENNO.
16pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound. Some extremity chipping and wear, but text unaffected. About Good+. Secretary of State Pickering, no Francophile, details the attempts of the French government "to exculpate itself from the charge of corruption, as having demanded a douceur of Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling (222,000 dollars) for the pockets of the Directors and Ministers..." Much on the XYZ affair is reviewed. As Evans explains, "This is not the official printing but a pamphlet made by repaging a newspaper printing of the message." A rare imprint, NAIP locating only six copies. For the official printing, see Evans 36546. Evans 36548. NAIP w026013 [6].
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XYZ Affair:
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. APRIL 3D, 1798.
Fenno, [Philadelphia:, 1798
71, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern cloth, blank margins on several pages cut down a bit but not near any text. Very Good. "Consists of the famous 'XYZ' correspondence. Reprinted in London, also, this year." Evans. The document includes Adams's letters credentialing Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry as his envoys to adjust difficulties with France; and their blow-by-blow description of the sordid affair, in which Mr. X demanded that "a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand: and that a loan would also be insisted on. Mr. X. said, if we acceded to these measures, M. Talleyrand had no doubt that all our differences with France might be accommodated." Mr. Y. advised, "You must pay money, you must pay a great deal of money." Adams asked Congress to keep this document secret while an appropriate response was considered. FIRST EDITION. Evans 34812. Howes A199.
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XYZ Affair:
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS JUNE 21ST, 1798.
[Philadelphia: 1798]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Stitched, untrimmed, one tear to blank outer margin of last leaf. Very Good. President Adams says, "I will never send another Minister to France, without assurances, that he will be received, respected and honored, as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and Independent Nation." He provides the correspondence from Secretary of State Pickering, with the latter's instructions to our envoys Marshall, Gerry, and Pinckney: "In no event is a treaty to be purchased with money, by loan or otherwise. A loan to the Republic would violate our neutrality: and a douceur to the men now in power might by their successors be urged as a reason for annulling the treaty, or as a precedent for further and repeated demands." Evans 34825.
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XYZ Affair:
SUPPLEMENT TO THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1799. SECRETARY PICKERING'S REPORT. [PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY; AND CORRECTED.] CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, JAN. 21. GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ACCORDING TO AN INTIMATION IN MY MESSAGE OF FRIDAY LAST, I NOW LAY BEFORE CONGRESS A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING HIS OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH ATTENDED IT. JOHN ADAMS...
Folio, 4pp, printed in four columns per page. Untrimmed, foxed, a bit of fading here and there. Good or Good+. One of the earliest printings of this Report, by this Boston newspaper which evidently began publishing around 1783. Mott and Lomazow do not note its existence. Evans, Shipton, and Bristol note a few of its publications, mostly carriers' addresses. Here, State Secretary Pickering details with frankness the attempts of the French government "to exculpate itself from the charge of corruption, as having demanded a douceur of Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling (222,000 dollars) for the pockets of the Directors and Ministers..." Much on XYZ matters is reviewed. Pickering summarizes things by saying, "The French Government determined to fleece us" and "to separate the People from the Government of the United States." Not in Evans, Shipton, Bristol, Mott, Lomazow.
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[XYZ Affair]:
AMERICA AND FRANCE. THE INTIRE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS: COVERING THE FULL POWERS TO, AND DISPATCHES FROM, THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS.
B. Russell, Boston:, [1798]
71, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, and generously margined. Lightly dusted, discreet release stamp at bottom of final blank, else Very Good The private Boston printing of Adams's Message, which includes "the famous 'XYZ' correspondence." The document includes Adams's letters credentialing Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry as his envoys to adjust difficulties with France; and their blow-by-blow description of the whole sordid affair, in which Mr. X demanded that "a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand: and that a loan would also be insisted on. Mr. X. said, if we acceded to these measures, M. Talleyrand had no doubt that all our differences with France might be accommodated." Mr. Y. advised, "You must pay money, you must pay a great deal of money." Adams asked Congress to keep this document secret while an appropriate response was considered. Evans 34815. Howes A199.
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[XYZ Affair]:
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS, COMMUNICATED BY THE PRESIDENT, ON THE EIGHTEENTH INSTANT. 21ST JANUARY, 1799.
Fenno, Philadelphia:, 1798 [ie, 1799]
(2), 45, (1 blank), (1), (1 blank) pp. Light rubberstamp at blank upper margin of page [3]. Occasional tanning, Very Good plus. Bound in later cloth [bookplate on front pastedown]. "Relating entirely to French-American relations, with some remarks on privateering in the West Indies." Jenkins. Secretary of State Pickering details with frankness the attempts of the French government "to exculpate itself from the charge of corruption, as having demanded a douceur of Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling (222,000 dollars) for the pockets of the Directors and Ministers..." Much on the XYZ affair is reviewed. The last printed page, dated January 24, 1799, is frequently absent from this title; it is Pickering's correction of an error in the preceding text. FIRST EDITION. Evans 36546. II Jenkins 728.
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[XYZ Affair]:
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. APRIL 3D, 1798.
Fenno, [Philadelphia:, 1798]
71pp, disbound, dusted, a bit of wear and an old institutional stamp. About Good+. "Consists of the famous 'XYZ' correspondence. Reprinted in London, also, this year." Evans. The document includes Adams's letters credentialing Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry as his envoys to adjust difficulties with France; and their blow-by-blow description of the whole sordid affair, in which Mr. X demanded that "a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand: and that a loan would also be insisted on. Mr. X. said, if we acceded to these measures, M. Talleyrand had no doubt that all our differences with France might be accommodated." Mr. Y. advised, "You must pay money, you must pay a great deal of money." Adams asked Congress to keep this document secret while an appropriate response was considered. FIRST EDITION. Evans 34812. Howes A199.
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