Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State, reports to Federalist (nationalist) President John Adams that 300 united States flagged ships have been seized on the high seas by the Navy of the Republic of France.
[restored 10/31/2021]
Subsequent Events:
10/18/1797
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 54.
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