Oliver Ellsworth letter written in Bath, England regarding U.S relations with France, 1801.

Authors

Oliver Ellsworth

Files

Description

In England when he wrote this letter, Ellsworth had been appointed by President John Adams to serve on a diplomatic delegation with Patrick Henry and William R. Davie to negotiate a treaty with Napoleon. In this letter he appears to refer to said treaty.

Transcription

Bath Mar 17 1801 My dear Sir, The execution of the 2d. Article makes the instrument rather worse for us, as it leaves more room for France to claim anteriority in the point of interference. And I think it most likely that she will accede to the alteration. Yours very sincenerly O. Ellsworth

Creation Date

4-17-1801

City

Bath

County

Somerset

State/Province

South West England (region)

Country

England

Creator Life Dates

1745-1807

Keywords

Oliver Ellsworth, Bath, England, France, foreign relations, treaty, letter, 1801

Resource Identifier

080425-16

Date Digital

November 2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Diplomatic History | Political History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Ellsworth, Oliver, "Oliver Ellsworth letter written in Bath, England regarding U.S relations with France, 1801." (1801). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 100.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/100

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