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MEMOIRS
OF THE
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
VOLUME II.
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
NEW YORK: WILLIAM VAN NORDEN, PRINTER, NO. 39 WILLIAM STREET.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
FIFTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
Correspondence, 1-3.
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Meeting of Congress, 3.- Treasury Reports, 4. — Af-
fairs of Western Country, 7.- Correspondence, 8-10.- President's Ques-
tions on Foreign Relations, 10. — Correspondence, 12, 13. — Arrival of X. Y.
Z. Despatches, 13.- Message to Congress thereon, 14. - Account of the
Mission, 15. Expulsion of Pinckney and Marshall from France, 37.—
Cabinet Council, 38. Measures of Congress, 39.-Creation of Navy De-
partment, 40. Of Provisional Army, 41. - Correspondence, 42-56. - Fur-
ther Measures, 57. — Washington appointed Lieutenant General, 59. — Opin-
ions on Foreign Affairs, 59.— Abrogation of Treaties with France, 62. —
Financial Measures, 63. - Direct Taxes laid, 66. Correspondence, 68-73
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- Adjournment of Congress, 73.- Alien and Sedition Laws, 73.- Defence
of the Federal Measures, 83.
CHAPTER II.
SUMMER AND FALL OF 1798.
Appointment of Officers in Provisional Army, 86. Difficulties respecting Rank !
of Major Generals, 88. Departure of the President for Quincy, 90.- Letter
from Wolcott to the President on Rank of the Generals, 93. - Correspond-
ence, 99-103.-Settlement of the Question of Rank, 103.- Fever in Phila-
delphia, 104. Correspondence, 105–122. — Review of Mr. Gerry's negotia-
tions, 122. Departure of Mr. Gerry from Paris, 144. Decree of the Di-
rectory respecting Privateers, 145. His return to the United States, 148.
His Defence of Himself, 148.- His Letter to Talleyrand, 152.- Course of