1Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 June 1799 (Adams Papers)
:Smith-Carter Family Papers), in which he reported on diplomatic and military affairs in Europe, including the deterioration of relations between Austria and France, Prussian neutrality, and Thomas Grenville’s mission to Berlin. The letter was probably enclosed in Timothy Pickering’s second 4 June letter to
2From John Adams to William Stephens Smith, 2 March 1814 (Adams Papers)
...scenes and present unpleasant prospects, relative to the interior of the political state of Europe, and the interior & exterior aspect of our own national career “for I believe the Emperors of Russia, Austria and France, & the Kings of England, Prussia, Sweden, and Denmark and the Sicilies are as much puzzled as we are. Nor do I believe the President or any of his Ministers, plus clarvoyins...
3John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 25 October 1797 (Adams Papers)
The Treaty of Campo Formio, signed between Austria and France on 17 Oct. 1797, gave Austria lands in the Veneto, including the city of Venice, as well as the Venetian lands of Dalmatia and Istria (now Croatia). In exchange, Emperor Francis II relinquished all claims to...
4John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 3 December 1800 (Adams Papers)
...armistice was signed at Steyr, Austria. Count Johann Ludwig Josef von Cobenzl subsequently initiated peace negotiations with Joseph Bonaparte and Talleyrand at Luneville, France, where a treaty was signed on 9 Feb. 1801, ending the war between Austria and France and reaffirming many of the provisions of the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio (vol.
5John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 4 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
Since the definitive Peace between Austria and France, the Directory had sent General Bernadotte as their Ambassador to Vienna.— On the 13
6To James Madison from John Dawson, 10 December 1797 (Madison Papers)
Although it seemed likely that traditional enemies Russia and Turkey would align themselves on opposite sides of the war in the early fall of 1797, by October the diplomatic situation was shifting. The Treaty of Campoformio between Austria and France, signed in October 1797, was seen as a threat by the Ottoman Empire because the French gained territories in the eastern Mediterranean. And the
7William S. Jacobs to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
. He served in the armies of Austria and France, eventually attaining the rank of assistant surgeon before deserting through the British lines. By 1795 Jacobs settled in
8Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Early Career (the so-called “Autobiography”), [6 January–29 July 1821], with editorial note … (Jefferson Papers)
Austria; and France [index entry]
9To John Adams from Thomas Jefferson, 28 September 1787 (Adams Papers)
...large-scale diplomatic revolution, in which France abandoned a longstanding friendship with the Ottoman Empire and joined with Austria and Russia to champion the Dutch Patriots’ cause. However, Austria and France neither opposed the Prussian invasion of the Netherlands nor rushed to aid the Patriots. Rather, Austria sided with Russia in attacking the Ottoman Empire in 1788, which retained...
10From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 22 June 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
...condemned by their several decisions that nothing is to be done. I may be with you somewhat later than I had expected. Say from the 1st. to the 4th.—Preliminaries of peace between Austria and France are signed.—Dana has declined the mission to France. Gerry is appointed in his room, being supported in Senate by the republican vote. 6. nays of the opposite description. No news of...