adet

Updated: June 6, 2025

The reader of history, however, is familiar with the fact that the course of Adet in this affair was in strict accordance with the uniform practice of the new rulers of France at that time.

Benson John Lossing - Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2: Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched

Hoping that the house of representatives would refuse to execute the British treaty, and thus appease the French Directory, he had been quiet for some time, when, in February, 1796, he received a communication from De La Croix, the French minister for foreign affairs, informing him, that since the ratification of Jay's treaty, the Directory considered the alliance between France and the United States at an end; that Adet was to be recalled, and a special minister was to be sent out to make the announcement, and act as agent for his government.

Benson John Lossing - Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.

Mr. Adet, who was to succeed Mr. Fauchet at Philadelphia, and who was the bearer of this letter, also brought with him the colours of France, which he was directed to present to the United States. He arrived in the summer; but probably in the idea that these communications were to be made by him directly to congress, did not announce them to the executive until late in December.

John Marshall - The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 : Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War : which Established the Independence of his Country and First : President of the United States