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050 00 $aE302.6.M7$bM49 2005
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100 1 $aMiller, Melanie Randolph,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004027394
245 10 $aEnvoy to the terror :$bGouverneur Morris & the French Revolution /$cMelanie Randolph Miller.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aDulles, Va. :$bPotomac Books,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axiv, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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500 $aBased on author's thesis (doctoral)--George Washington University, 2000.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-279) and index.
520 1 $a"The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important contributor to our Constitution, Morris has generally received little respect or attention from historians. The reason for this long indifference lies primarily in the most powerful but misunderstood episode of Morris's life: his experience as American minister to France during the height of the French Revolution. Envoy to the Terror is the first in-depth study of Morris's time in France, and it discredits many long-standing myths about his performance as a diplomat." "Melanie Randolph Miller's research reveals that, contrary to the charges of Morris's contemporaries, which have been adopted by many historians, Morris conducted himself throughout one of history's greatest cataclysms with superb diplomatic skill, compassion, and a determination to preserve French-American amity. While conventional wisdom has been that Morris was recalled due to misconduct and inability, this book establishes that it was instead the result of unfounded denunciations by secret adversaries, including Thomas Paine and John Adams's son-in-law, who viewed Morris as an obstacle to their ambitions and schemes in France."--BOOK JACKET.
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651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yRevolution, 1789-1799.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100030
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115077
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1783-1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140062
650 0 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111368
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