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The Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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On March 1, 1796, the U.S. Senate in Philadelphia approved Oliver Ellsworth, Patrick Henry, and William Vans Murray as envoys to France to negotiate a treaty, with conditions for their reception by the French Directory.
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PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 1.
TUESDAY the Senate approved the nomination of Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. Chief Justice of the United States, Patrick Henry, Esq. late Governor of Virginia, and William Vans Murray, Esq. our minister at the Hague—to be Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, with full powers to discuss and settle by a treaty, all controversies between the United States and France.
In the message of the President, information was given that "it is not intended that the two former of these gentlemen shall embark for Europe, until they shall have received, from the Executive Directory, assurances, signified by their Secretary of Foreign Relations, that they shall be received in character, that they shall enjoy all the prerogatives attached to that character by the law of nations, and that a minister or ministers of equal powers shall be appointed and commissioned to treat with them."
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Philadelphia
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Tuesday, March 1
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senate approval of nominations as envoys to france, with conditions that ellsworth and henry will not depart until assured of proper reception by the french directory.
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The Senate approved the nomination of Oliver Ellsworth, Patrick Henry, and William Vans Murray as Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic to negotiate and settle controversies by treaty. The President's message specified conditions for their embarkation, requiring assurances from the French Executive Directory.