Emperor and Dutch have signed preliminaries, but they will probably end in peace, for the Stadholderate is the object of the ruling party in Holland. War is not likely to erupt in Europe because France would not have permitted the emperor one enemy less through the settlement with the Dutch. On land France appears to be at peace, but her naval armaments are increasingly remarkably in a time of peac e. A new system has been instituted for the assignment of seamen. Peyrouse's "scientific" expedition is to establish a trading post, either in New Holland or in the Pacific Northwest.
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United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829