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English

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7,250 words, Guess

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29 pages

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Chiefly letters written to King while he served as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1796-1803) relating to political developments in the U.S., foreign relations, international commerce, and privateering at sea. Correspondence with John Marshall and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American commissioners to France, relates to the XYZ affair. A 1787 letter pertains to Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. Other correspondents include Timothy Pickering and Oliver Wolcott. Some of the letters are written in cipher.

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