Beaumarchais And the Lost Million a Chapter of the Secret History of the Amer
Beaumarchais And the Lost Million a Chapter of the Secret History of the Amer
Stillé, Charles J. (Charles Janeway), 1819-1899
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Of course there was no ground for such an accusation, but the result was that he was very hardly treated at the time, and that he has never received since the full credit which was due to him for his agency in securing military equipments for our armies in the darkest days of the Revolution. V. Meanwhile, the examination of Beaumarchais accounts went slowly on, it having at last been decided that he was the person to whom we were really indebted. While this matter was pending, the declaration o...f the French signers of the treaty of 1781 that three millions had been advanced to the Americans gratuitously, and the subsequent expla nation that of this sum one million had been paid for our use on the tenth of June, 1776, confirmed the Treasury offi cials in their opinion that Beaumarchais had received this identical sum for our use, and had expended it in the pur chase of supplies sent us, with the cost of which he, by. His ac count, sought now to charge us. Under these circumstances they refused to settle his accounts finally until he should and " The Lost Million.
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