1Louis-André Pichon to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 8 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 June 1804, Washington. Believes his last dispatch should have convinced Talleyrand of the weakness of the arguments JM produced to justify the armament that the federal government is allowing for the defense of U.S. commerce with the rebellious blacks of Saint-Domingue. In fairness, Pichon must say that the secretary of state himself appeared to sense the weakness of his own reasoning and...