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Marshall, John, 1755-1835 to Rufus King

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02539 Author/Creator: Marshall, John, 1755-1835 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 September 1800 Pagination: 31 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Marshall, Secretary of State, writes to King, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in England. Discusses violations of Jay's Treaty (concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great Britain), including impressment, debts, and seizure of goods during the Napoleonic Wars. States that "the aggressions, sometimes of one, & sometimes of another belligerent power, have forced us to contemplate, & to prepare for war, as a probably event." Declares that "The impressment of our seamen is an injury of very serious magnitude, which deeply affects the feelings & the honor of the nation."

King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834

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