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Letter to Editor
August 15, 1796
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
French Minister P.A. Adet writes to correct a misleading paragraph in the Courier Francois about the Philadelphia officials' response to an attack on the French Republic's hospital by local workmen. He praises the Governor and Mayor Clarkson for their prompt actions and personal involvement.
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Philadelphia,
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15.
[TRANSLATION.]
To the Editor of the Aurora.
Philadelphia, 26th Thermidor, 4th year of the French Republic.
SIR,
I request you to insert in one of your earliest numbers, the following declaration relative to the occurrences at the Hospital of the French Republic in Philadelphia.
This declaration will set right a paragraph in the Courier Francois of Philadelphia of the 13th inst. in which some of the facts have been misrepresented:
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic.
P. A. ADET.
A paragraph inserted in the Courier Francois printed at Philadelphia the 13th of August 1796 (O. S.). places in a false light the conduct of the Governor and of the Magistrates of Philadelphia, in regard to the attack made on the hospital of the French Republic by workmen in the neighbourhood.
Several of the guilty have been taken up, and will no doubt receive the punishment they deserve. His excellency the Governor of Pennsylvania and Mr. Clarkson Mayor of Philadelphia, under application to them, immediately took the necessary measures to prevent all disturbance, and if the means of repressing any disorder that might occur were not so extensive, they were, on that account, the more sure.
The writer of the paragraph alluded to has been misinformed, and as its appearance in French might lead the public to believe, that it was concerted with the agents of the French Republic, I think it incumbent on me to declare, that far from having experienced a denial of justice from the magistrates of the State of Pennsylvania, I received from them, upon this occasion, unequivocal testimonies of the most ready zeal; and that I have in consequence returned them officially my thanks, particularly to his Excellency the Governor, who gave himself the trouble of personally attending on the spot.
Philadelphia, 26th Thermidor, 4th year of the French Republic, one and indivisible.
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic near the United States of North America.
P. A. ADET.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15.
[TRANSLATION.]
To the Editor of the Aurora.
Philadelphia, 26th Thermidor, 4th year of the French Republic.
SIR,
I request you to insert in one of your earliest numbers, the following declaration relative to the occurrences at the Hospital of the French Republic in Philadelphia.
This declaration will set right a paragraph in the Courier Francois of Philadelphia of the 13th inst. in which some of the facts have been misrepresented:
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic.
P. A. ADET.
A paragraph inserted in the Courier Francois printed at Philadelphia the 13th of August 1796 (O. S.). places in a false light the conduct of the Governor and of the Magistrates of Philadelphia, in regard to the attack made on the hospital of the French Republic by workmen in the neighbourhood.
Several of the guilty have been taken up, and will no doubt receive the punishment they deserve. His excellency the Governor of Pennsylvania and Mr. Clarkson Mayor of Philadelphia, under application to them, immediately took the necessary measures to prevent all disturbance, and if the means of repressing any disorder that might occur were not so extensive, they were, on that account, the more sure.
The writer of the paragraph alluded to has been misinformed, and as its appearance in French might lead the public to believe, that it was concerted with the agents of the French Republic, I think it incumbent on me to declare, that far from having experienced a denial of justice from the magistrates of the State of Pennsylvania, I received from them, upon this occasion, unequivocal testimonies of the most ready zeal; and that I have in consequence returned them officially my thanks, particularly to his Excellency the Governor, who gave himself the trouble of personally attending on the spot.
Philadelphia, 26th Thermidor, 4th year of the French Republic, one and indivisible.
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic near the United States of North America.
P. A. ADET.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
French Hospital Attack
Philadelphia Governor
Mayor Clarkson
Press Misinformation
French Minister Adet
Justice Response
What entities or persons were involved?
P. A. Adet
To The Editor Of The Aurora
Letter to Editor Details
Author
P. A. Adet
Recipient
To The Editor Of The Aurora
Main Argument
the paragraph in the courier francois misrepresents the prompt and effective response of philadelphia's governor and mayor clarkson to the attack on the french hospital; adet declares he received ready justice and thanks them officially.
Notable Details
Attack By Neighbourhood Workmen On The Hospital
Guilty Individuals Taken Up For Punishment
Governor Personally Attended The Spot
Dated 26th Thermidor, 4th Year Of The French Republic (1796)