Letter, 1797 June 23, Williamsburg, Va. to John Page, "Rosewell," [Gloucester County], Va.

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Letter, 1797 June 23, Williamsburg, Va. to John Page, "Rosewell," [Gloucester County], Va.

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Mentions the Jay Treaty, the French Directory, the "Gallic Caesar" [Napoleon Bonaparte], a dinner at the Eagle Tavern in Richmond on the occasion of John Marshall's departure to France, Richmond politics, and the prospect of peace between Austria and France.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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