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Privateer Citizen Genet

Found in George Washington Correspondence
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Located in George Washington Correspondence » Mar. 27, 1791 - Mar. 18, 1794 » Page 283

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This ship was named by and for Edmond-Charles Genêt who came to the US to talk Washington into joining France's war with the monarchies of Europe. When Washington declined, Genêt went around the US building militias and a private navy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Charles_Gen%C3%AAt
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