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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.
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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)
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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