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Book/Printed Material The scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries.

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Title

  • The scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries.

Names

  • France.
  • Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787.
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  • Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813, former owner.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  United States--Foreign relations--France
  • -  France--Foreign relations--United States
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785
  • Treaties--United States--1784
  • Treaties--France--1784
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  "Done at Versailles, the 29th July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four. Signed: Gravier de Vergennes, (L.S.), B. Franklin, (L.S.) Faithfully translated from the original, by John Pintard"--P. 11.
  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans.
  • -  Evans 19330
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 442
  • -  LC copy annotated at top of p. [1]: M. Sedgwick.

Medium

  • 11 p. ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 104

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898094

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

France, Charles Gravier Vergennes, Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Sedgwick, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. The scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898094/.

APA citation style:

France, Vergennes, C. G., Franklin, B., Sedgwick, T. & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) The scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898094/.

MLA citation style:

France, et al. The scheme of a convention, between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North-America, for defining and regulating the functions and privileges of consuls, vice-consuls, agents and commissaries. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898094/>.