8373. TERNANT (J. B.), Medal for.—
The President of the United States, in a letter
addressed to the Primary Executive Council of
the French Republic, has expressed his sense of
your merit, and his entire approbation of your
conduct while here. He has also charged me to
convey to yourself the same sentiments on his
part. It is with pleasure I obey this charge,
in bearing witness to the candor and integrity
of your conduct with us, and to the share you
may justly claim in the cultivation of harmony
and good understanding between the two nations
* * *. As testimony of the regard of the
United States, we shall take an early occasion
to ask your acceptance of a medal and chain
of gold on their part.—
To Jean Baptiste Ternant.
Ford ed., vi, 263.
(Pa.,
1793)
