11 April 1797

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

Secretary of State Timothy Pickering wrote GW and forwarded a letter from David Humphreys written at Lisbon, Portugal.  Pickering commented on recent news about “the extraordinary conduct of the French toward the U.S.,” concluding that “a Government directed by no principle, will suit its measures to circumstances and events; and as these are uncertain, so her conduct cannot be estimated.”

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11 April 1797
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