AMS, [1792?] : [s.l.].

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AMS, [1792?] : [s.l.].

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Written in unknown hand, believed to have been an address by Morris in Paris when he had been asked to read the Declaration of Independence. Morris had been appointed by Washington U.S. Minister to France in 1792 and remained there throughout the Reign of Terror until recalled at the request of the French government because of the dismissal of "Citizen" Genet by President Washington.

3 p. ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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