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United States and France Letters on Treaty Indemnity 1831
Extracts from correspondence between U.S. and French ministers reveal France’s delay in paying the indemnity due under the 1831 treaty. The President’s message to Congress notes frustration and urges a swift legal path, while French ministers insist on constitutional procedures and timing. The dispute prompts cross-Atlantic commentary on national honor and potential policy responses.
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National Intelligencer
U. S
House of Representatives
France
United States
Paris
Congress
U. States
Chamber of Deputies
Qec
Mr. Livingston
Count de Rigny
Levarion
Teannot
M. Surumer
Washington
M. Serurier
Gouvernement du Roi
M‘lane
C. ED. Livingston
Serurier
The
Union
Republic of the United States
DE Rigny
Mr. Forsyth
Livingston
Department of State
Fashington
Barton
Sorurier
M. Seruriev
John Forsyth
Jackson
Sebastiani
Georgia Journal
Wasuincroy
England
Bank
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Heaven
Ife
Hooper
New York
Havre
Charlemagne
Parris
London
French Chamber of Deputies
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Duke of Gloucester
M.nd Broglie
London Standard
Sir Robert Peel
Duke de Bassano
Globe
Albany
Louis Philippe
U.S
Connecticut
Liverpool
Cheshire
Mersey
Poulson
Baltimore Republican
Bernard