Chapter 138

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney appointed minister to, in 1796, iii. 443; depredations committed by the cruisers of, on American commerce, iii. 466, 492, 505; war with, threatened in 1798, iii. 490; address of the Directory of, to Monroe, on receiving his letters of recall, iii. 493; Mr. Pinckney notified to leave--designs of the government of, toward the United States, iii. 494; change in public opinion in regard to, iii. 495; three special envoys sent to, in 1798, iii. 496; attempts of the government of, to extort money from American envoys,