Citizen Genet

Edmond Charles Genet, known as Citizen Genet to his brothers in revolution, is sometimes misidentified as a Jacobin; his faction was actually the Girondins, a group that was every bit as bloodthirsty as the Jacobins, and more bumptious in their foreign policy.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

Edmond Charles Genet, known as Citizen Genet to his brothers in revolution, is sometimes misidentified as a Jacobin; his faction was actually the Girondins, a group that was every bit as bloodthirsty as the Jacobins, and more bumptious in their foreign policy.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

Consider his treatment of Citizen Genet, the ambassador of Revolutionary France who demanded an audience with Washington in May 1793.

The Leadership Secrets of George Washington Brian Bolduc 2012

The Citizen Genet affair, 1793;: A chapter in the formation of American foreign policy (A Focus book) by Harold Cecil Vaughan

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Though the Jacobins, who had replaced the Girondins in 1793, instituted a Reign of Terror at home, they followed a policy of not picking unnecessary quarrels abroad; hence their dismissal of Citizen Genet.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

Though the Jacobins, who had replaced the Girondins in 1793, instituted a Reign of Terror at home, they followed a policy of not picking unnecessary quarrels abroad; hence their dismissal of Citizen Genet.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

Citizen Genet did not allow his progress up the coast to be so rapid that he was deprived of any ovation.

George Washington Thayer, William R 1922

The great news of that day which concerns the world -- and incidentally this story -- was that Citizen Genet had landed at Charleston.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

To say that Gignoux were deep in the councils of the expedition, that he held a commission from Citizen Genet, I realize will have no weight with your

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

Gignoux were deep in the councils of the expedition, that he held a commission from Citizen Genet, I realize will have no weight with your

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909