Indemnity Demand for French Seizures Under Embargo
Dispatch outlines U S claims against France for seizures of American vessels and cargo during the embargo and Rambouillet decree. It argues the measures were unjustified reprisals, seeks indemnity, and cites non inter course law as a pretext. The note urges formal protest through Paris and notes other French led aggressions in Spain, Holland, and Naples.
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Rambouillet
U S Diplomacy and French Trade Policy 1811
James Madison era correspondence recounts U S pressure on France to revoke decrees and compensate for spoliations while warning that continued abuses by French privateers must end. Barlow relays France’s cautious stance, favorable talk from Bassano, and hopes for reciprocal neutral rights and a decisive Franco-American commercial framework.
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Beedits
Monroe to London on dispatches from France and policy
James Monroe requests rapid information from the London chargé affairs and the bearer Mr Biddie and messenger Mr Tayloe about policy and measures affecting crucial interests. He warns against delays on the English coast and notes that a detainment could be useful but unacceptable if lengthy.
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