When was it published?

May 15, 1778 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News May 15, 1778

The Virginia Gazette

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Treaties Ratification, Congress, Paris Plenipotentiaries, French Minister, Amity Commerce Alliance

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

A Pennsylvania newspaper dated May 6 reports the unanimous ratification by Congress of the treaties of amity, commerce, and alliance signed in Paris by American plenipotentiaries and the French minister. Articles of the commerce treaty were published but not reprinted due to length and delay.

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By an express, which arrived last night with dispatches to his Excellency the Governor, we have been favoured with a Pennsylvania paper as late as the 6th of May, which mentions that the Treaties of amity and commerce, and of alliance, entered into by our Plenipotentiaries at Paris and his most Christian Majesty's Minister, have been unanimously ratified and confirmed by Congress.

The paper also contains some of the articles of the treaty of amity and commerce, published by Congress; but as they came so late, and are very long, we hope we shall be excused for not publishing them this week. Our customers may depend on having them in our next.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic Political

What keywords are associated?

Treaties Ratification Congress Paris Plenipotentiaries French Minister Amity Commerce Alliance

Where did it happen?

Paris

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Paris

Event Date

6th Of May

Outcome

unanimously ratified and confirmed by congress

Event Details

The Treaties of amity and commerce, and of alliance, entered into by our Plenipotentiaries at Paris and his most Christian Majesty's Minister, have been unanimously ratified and confirmed by Congress. The paper contains some of the articles of the treaty of amity and commerce, published by Congress, but they are not published this week due to lateness and length.