 M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing the subject, whether we wished to have the whole of Louisiana. I told him no ; that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Floridas...  The History of the Louisiana Purchase - Side 124av James Kendall Hosmer - 1902 - 230 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1821 - 522 sider
...necessity of the case, and " on the llth of April," says Mr. Livingston, " he (Talleyrand) asked me, when pressing " the subject, whether we wished to..." I told him no ; that our wishes extended only to New-Orleans " and the Floridas, but that the policy of France must dictate whe" ther they would give... | |
 | 1821 - 526 sider
...necessity of the case, and " on the llth of April," says Mr. Livingston, " he (Talleyrand) asked me, when pressing " the subject, whether we wished to have the whole of Louisiana. " 1 told him no ; that our wishes extended only to New-Orleans "and the Floridas, but that the policy... | |
 | Theodore Lyman - 1828 - 500 sider
...Livingston, the war, declared by England early in May, must have been fully foreseen. "April 11, 1803. — M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing the...Orleans and the Floridas, that the policy of France, however, should dictate. — He said, that if they gave New Orleans, the rest would be of little value,... | |
 | Theodore Lyman - 1828 - 494 sider
...Livingston, the war, declared by England early in May, must have been fully foreseen. "April 11, 1803.—M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing the subject, whether we wished to have the whole of Louisinna. I told him no, that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Floridas, that the policy... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1834 - 776 sider
...Stale, on l/ie Louisiana Purchase. Disclosure of the Conrei'batious. Extract. Paris, April 11, 1603. — M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing the subject, whether we wished to have tho whple of Louisiana. I told him no; that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Floridas,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1854 - 676 sider
...of all Europe. " These reasons, with the possibility of war, have had, I trust, the desired effect. M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing the...that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Flo ridas ; that the policy of France should dictate (as I had shown in an official note) to give us... | |
 | Henderson K. Yoakum - 1856 - 512 sider
...London paper a proposition that the British government should raise fifty thou* "SI. Talleyrand a§ked me this day, when pressing the subject whether we...Orleans and the Floridas ; that the policy of France, however, should dictate. " PAJUS, April 11, 1803." •PAKS, *fe> 13, 1809. " We found, as we advanced... | |
 | Henderson K. Yoakum - 1856 - 504 sider
...the British government should raise fifty thou* "M. Talleyrand asked me this day, when pressing Uie subject, whether we wished to have the whole of Louisiana....Orleans and the Floridas ; that the policy of France, however, should dictate. "PAHIS, April 11, 1803." " PARIS, May 13, 1803. "We found, as we advanced... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 960 sider
...eleventh of April, Talleyrand asked Livingston "whether we wished to have the whole of Louisiana?" He told him, " No, that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Floridas." He replied — "If they gave New Orleans, the rest would be of little value, and that he would wish... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 sider
...that day asked him whether the United States " wished to have the whole of Louisiana " — that he " told him no ; that our wishes extended only to New Orleans and the Floridas." Talleyrand replied, if the French " gave New Orleans, the rest would be of little value, and that he... | |
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