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Excerpt from Speech of William H. Seward, on the Claims of American Merchants for Indemnities for French Spoliations: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 21, 1851
France, on the contrary, began the descent towards, revolution in the very year when the United States emerged from its dangerous labyrinths; and thereafter, distracted herself, for thirteen years she convulsed all Europe. It was during this period that these claims for indemnities for spoliations arose. The political and commercial relations between France and the United 'states had been defined by treaties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
