John Jay: Draft of the Proclamation of Neutrality - Milestone Documents

John Jay: Draft of the Proclamation of Neutrality

( 1793 ) Commentary by Charles Anthony Smith, University of California - Irvine

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animadversions censure, harsh criticisms
demean themselves to behave themselves
exemplary manner in a way that makes an example of someone
King of France Louis XVI (1754–1793), deposed in 1792 and put to death by French Revolutionaries
Prussia formerly an independent kingdom, now part of Germany
war actually exists between France on the one side ... reference to the Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815) between France, led by Napoléon

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