When it became public that the latter refused to pay 250,000 dollars to meet with Talleyrand war seemed imminent.
Securing the Treaty of Mortefontaine through the efforts of Oliver Ellsworth, William Richardson Davie, and William Vans Murray, angered Alexander Hamilton and his supporters but did much to repair what had been strained by the appearance of Mme. De Villette. She served as a mouthpiece for Mr. Bellamy, an American banker in Hamburg, as well as the Swiss agents Conrad Hottinguer and Lucien Heutval, in their negotiations with Elbridge Gerry, John Marshall, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. When it became public that the latter refused to pay 250,000 dollars to meet with Talleyrand war seemed imminent. FTP identify this scandal named for some letter used to hide the identities of the French go-betweens.
Securing the Treaty of Mortefontaine through the efforts of Oliver Ellsworth, William Richardson Davie, and William Vans Murray, angered Alexander Hamilton and his supporters but did much to repair what had been strained by the appearance of Mme.
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