[America] Adams, John. 2 items relating to the XYZ affair. Message from the President of the United States accompanying Sundry Papers Relative to the Affairs of the United States with the French Republic. Philadelphia, 1799. 8vo. 123 pp. Evans 36551. The January 18, 1799 report on the XYZ Affair, printed by order of the House of Representatives, and including the correspondence and documents of Pinckney, Gerry, Marshall, and French Minister Talleyrand.[With] America and France. The Intire Message of the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress: Covering the Full Powers to, and Dispatches from, the Envoys Extraordinary of the United States, to the French Republic. B. Russell, Boston, 1798. 8vo. Disbound. 71 pp. Some early ink underlines and notes. Howes A-199; Sabin 1016; Evans 34815. Both volumes disbound. Minor soiling, scattered spotting.

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