Title: Envoy to the terror : Gouverneur Morris & the French Revolution /
Authors: Miller, Melanie Randolph, 1953-
Publisher: Potomac Books,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Morris, Gouverneur,; Morris, Gouverneur, Travel France.; Diplomats United States Biography; Diplomats France Biography; Statesmen United States Biography.; France History; United States Foreign relations France.; France Foreign relations United States.; United States Foreign relations
Abstract: "The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important contributor to our Constitution, Morris has generally received little respect or attention from historians. The reason for this long indifference lies primarily in the most powerful but misunderstood episode of Morris's life: his experience as American minister to France during the height of the French Revolution. Envoy to the Terror is the first in-depth study of Morris's time in France, and it discredits many long-standing myths about his performance as a diplomat."