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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06652 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1797 |
| Title | Timothy Pickering to Rufus King regarding American opinions of the French Revolution |
| Date | 6 April 1797 |
| Author | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) |
| Recipient | King, Rufus |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | References many letters he has received from King and others. Pickering writes as Secretary of State to King as American Minister to Britain. Expresses anger at the French Directory over exclusion of American representatives in XYZ affair. Says French seizures of American ships have taken on a systematic quality. Says there is "one consolation, that they have weaned us from our undue attachment to France." Claims sentiments in America are turning against the French Revolution after recent events. Mentions the scandal with Ira Allen of Vermont, Ethan Allen's younger brother. Ira Allen travelled to various parts of Europe to find funding for various schemes. After the British Government refused to fund a canal he wanted to build in Canada, he travelled to France and received backing to start a revolution in Canada. When he was travelling to Canada in an American ship, he was captured by the British. While imprisoned he wrote articles and pamphlets claiming the weapons on the ship were for the Vermont militia. Pickering and King are sceptical of Allen's claims. Pickering claims Allen received the money for the weapons from a fraudulent land scheme in New York. Says he has more to say in another letter. |
| Subjects | XYZ Affair France Quasi-war Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Commerce Merchants and Trade French Revolution Canada Prisoner Prisoner of War Weaponry Filibuster Forgery and Fraud Land Transaction |
| People | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) King, Rufus (1755-1827) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |