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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Private letters from France, reported in a London paper of May 4, indicate that American Commissioner Mr. Pinckney has been ordered to leave France and is heading to Bordeaux for passage home, due to his firm stance on U.S. interests. Commissioner Mr. Gerry remains in Paris. This is expected to provoke a strong reaction in America amid declining French influence and ongoing hostilities against U.S. commerce.
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Mr. Pinckney is a man who was disposed to vindicate and support the interests of his country, consequently was particularly obnoxious to the rulers of France. Mr. Gerry, another of the Commissioners, whose sentiments are accommodating, remains at Paris, but it is generally supposed the American government will not be disposed to brook the insult of the disgraceful dismission of a Commissioner, who was able and willing to maintain its honor and its interests, or to countenance a man avowedly devoted to a nation that has for some months past been carrying on the most determined hostilities against the American commerce.
The return of Mr. Pinckney to America, it is supposed, will create a very strong sensation in that country, where the French influence has long been on the decline.
(N. Y. Gaz.)
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France
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May 4
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mr. pinckney ordered to quit france and gone to bourdeaux to procure passage to america; mr. gerry remains at paris; expected strong sensation in america upon pinckney's return
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By private letters from France reported in a London paper of May 4, Mr. Pinckney, one of the American Commissioners, has been ordered to quit France and has gone to Bourdeaux to seek passage to America. Mr. Pinckney is described as disposed to vindicate American interests, making him obnoxious to French rulers. Mr. Gerry, whose sentiments are accommodating, remains at Paris. It is supposed the American government will not brook the insult and will not countenance Gerry's devotion to France amid hostilities against American commerce. Pinckney's return expected to create strong sensation in America where French influence declines.