Elbridge Gerry, in his private report on…

1799 CE

Elbridge Gerry, in his private report on the XYZ affair to President Adams in 1799, claims credit for maintaining the peace, and for influencing significant changes in French policy that lessen the hostilities and eventually brings a peace treaty.

The warlike attitude of the United States and the start of the Quasi-War (a naval war between the two countries that is fought primarily in the Caribbean) persuades Talleyrand that he had miscalculated in his dealings with the commissioners.

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Charles Lee View → Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord View → Charles Pinckney View → Elbridge Gerry View → John Adams View → John Marshall View → Thomas Jefferson View → Timothy Pickering 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 → American-French Quasi-War View →

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