The commissioners offer to send one of…

October 1797 CE

The commissioners offer to send one of their number back to the United States for instructions, if the French will suspend their seizures of American shipping; the French negotiators refuse.

Not long after this standoff, Talleyrand sends Lucien Hauteval ("Z") to meet with Elbridge Gerry.

The two men know each other, having met in Boston in 1792.

Hauteval assures Gerry of Talleyrand's sincerity in seeking peace, and encourages him to keep the informal negotiations open.

He reiterates the demands for a loan and bribe.

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Paris Ile-de-France France View →

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord View → Charles Pinckney View → Elbridge Gerry View → John Adams View → John Marshall View → Thomas Jefferson View →

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Britain, Kingdom of Great View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View → French First Republic View →

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Party System, First (United States) View → XYZ Affair View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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