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  Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Genet
Genet had already attained prominence in the politics of the city, having been identified with the Mozart faction of the Democratic party, and had held the office of corporation counsel of the municipality.
Genet's residence is the one her grandfather transformed and rebuilt for his home from one of the buildings used as quarters for line officers during the military occupancy.
Genet, since the death of her husband, lives somewhat in retirement, she maintains a perfectly equipped and well ordered country establishment, and the Cantonment is rarely without guests when she makes it her home.
www.schenectadyhistory.org /families/hmgfm/genet.html   (1443 words)

  
  Edmond-Charles Genêt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmond-Charles Genêt (January 8, 1763 - July 14, 1834), also known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
He was the only child of a French civil servant who analyzed British naval strength during the Seven Years War and monitored the progress of American independence.
The Citizen Genêt affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the young United States to elicit support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Citizen_Genet   (526 words)

  
 Genet, Edmond Charles Édouard on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Genet's efforts to raise troops to strike at Spanish Florida and to commission privateers to prey on British commerce were not approved by Washington.
Genet challenged Washington's authority by threatening to appeal to the American people, and the U.S. government demanded (1793) his recall.
Genet remained in the United States and married the daughter of Gov. George Clinton of New York.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Genet-E1d.asp   (229 words)

  
 Citizen Genêt
Edmond-Charles Genet was born in Versailles in 1763.
At eighteen, Genet was appointed court translator, and in 1788 he was appointed to work in the French embassy in St.
The Citizen Genet affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the young United States to elicit support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
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 Citizen Genet
"Citizen Genet," as he was called, an ambassador sent to our government by the French Republic, arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, where he was cordially received, in April, 1793.
Its head, severed from its body, was carried around the table to each guest, who, after putting the bonnet rouge on his own head, pronounced the word "tyrant" and proceeded with a knife to mangle that of the animal to be served to so unworthy a company.
Strange as it may seem to us, it is nevertheless true, that so infatuated were the partisans of the French, that leading citizens of Philadelphia, with General Mifflin, then governor of Pennsylvania, at their head, participated in the disgraceful orgies at that dinner.
www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/citizenge_bfj.html   (528 words)

  
 Citizen
Citizen Genêt The Citizen Genet affair of 1793 involved French diplomat Edmond Charles Genêt, whom the England.
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www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/citizen.html   (372 words)

  
 Citizen Genet
"Citizen Genet," as he was called, an ambassador sent to our government by the French Republic, arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, where he was cordially received, in April, 1793.
Its head, severed from its body, was carried around the table to each guest, who, after putting the bonnet rouge on his own head, pronounced the word "tyrant" and proceeded with a knife to mangle that of the animal to be served to so unworthy a company.
Strange as it may seem to us, it is nevertheless true, that so infatuated were the partisans of the French, that leading citizens of Philadelphia, with General Mifflin, then governor of Pennsylvania, at their head, participated in the disgraceful orgies at that dinner.
publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/citizenge_bfj.html   (528 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Genet
Genet, Jean (1910-1986), French novelist and dramatist, whose writings, dwelling upon bizarre and grotesque aspects of human existence, express...
Genet, common name for certain small carnivorous mammals related to the civet.
Genets inhabit forests and dense grasslands throughout Africa; one...
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 United States History - Citizen Genet and Foreign Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On April 22, 1793, Washington effectively abrogated the terms of the 1778 treaty that made American independence possible by proclaiming the United States to be "friendly and impartial toward the belligerent powers." When Genet arrived, he was cheered by many citizens, but treated with cool formality by the government.
Genet then threatened to take his cause directly to the American people, over the head of the government.
The Genet incident strained American relations with France at a time when relations with Great Britain were far from satisfactory.
countrystudies.us /united-states/history-42.htm   (537 words)

  
 Citizenship - Citizen Genet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Citizen" Edmond Genet, the first ambassador of the French republic to the United States, is represented by a large collection of papers reflecting his turbulent, provocative, and spectacularly...
The Mississippi, was that cartoonpig grave and Holy as the convention of royal and the awful winter royal, of the towns of British navy with private Citizen Genet, an inscription we have a straggling...
To concede this claim as to the humblest citizen, was to surrender the liberties of all.
www.citizenshipguide.net /citizengenet   (1120 words)

  
 Red Ted Keeps a Diary: Citizen Genet
Genet was friendly with the Gironde and shared their romantic expansionism and their belief in an international revolution that would free people everywhere to partake in their innate rights.
Genet chose to travel by land, calculating that the enthusiastic reception he had received on the docks of Charleston might well be repeated along his journey.
Genet had gotten the impression from Jefferson that much of the cabinet would have preferred closer ties with France, and certainly the cheers of the crowds convinced him that the American people favored the French Revolution.
www.redted.us /diary/archives/2004/01/citizen_genet.html   (1997 words)

  
 Citizen Genet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Citizen Genet - Citizen Genet was the French ambassador to the United States in the 1790s.
Genet attempted to recruit American soldiers to fight for France in their wars in Europe and used American ports to launch French naval attacks against the British.
Hamilton eventually convinced George Washington to expel Genet, but Genet feared reprisals in his own country and requested to remain in the United States.
www.sparknotes.com /biography/hamilton/terms/char_7.html   (67 words)

  
 Citizen Edmond Genet School in East Greenbush, New York/NY - School Tree
Citizen Edmond Genet School is classified as a "Primary School".
Citizen Edmond Genet School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
Citizen Edmond Genet School IS NOT a Charter school.
new-york.schooltree.org /public/Citizen-Edmond-Genet-058676.html   (126 words)

  
 Edmond Charles Clinton Genet
In his haste to close with the hated Boche, Genet had left the depot (Cachy) without orders to fly directly to Cachy (St Just); when he learned that most of the time was spent in bed trying to keep warm, or idling the hours away at cards, he was visibly let down.
He was the great-great-grandson of Citizen Genet, who had been sent to American by the French Revolutionary Government in 1793.
Genet's bravery went unrewarded; all his officers lay dead in the Bois Sabot and there was no one left to write him up.
www.wwi-models.org /misc/Genet   (1470 words)

  
 Public Citizen | Energy Program | Energy Program - Sworn affidavit of University of Texas toxicologist William Au ...
Furthermore, repeated observations of activities that have significant public health implications such as polyploidy in somatic cells, genetic alterations in germ cells and reproductive toxicity should not be ignored, but should be considered seriously and explicitly by FDA with respect to the pending food irradiation petitions.
Genetic effects of feeding irradiated wheat to mice.
But that means we depend on the generosity of concerned citizens like you for the resources to fight on behalf of the public interest.
www.citizen.org /cmep/foodsafety/food_irrad/articles.cfm?ID=6516   (1171 words)

  
 History News Network
Citizen Genet and those who feted him within the ranks of the Jeffersonians, would have none of this.
Citizen Genet "toured" America with the overt intent of soliciting American volunteers to attack British targets on American soil.
But it is fair to say, that the antics of Citizen Genet indicate that he was emboldened enough to attempt to draw the US into conflict with Britain.
www.hnn.us /comments/97170.html   (500 words)

  
 Citizen Genet Affair --  Encyclopædia Britannica
(1793), incident precipitated by the military adventurism of Citizen Edmond Charles Genêt, a minister to the United States dispatched by the revolutionary Girondist regime of the new French Republic, which at the time was at war with Great Britain and Spain.
Genets are elongate, short-legged animals with long, tapering tails; pointed noses; large, rounded ears; and retractile claws.
As a novelist, Genet transformed erotic and often obscene subject matter into a poetic and anarchic vision of the universe.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9082716   (801 words)

  
 Find Free Essays on The War of 1812
One was the Genet affair (1793) Genet, a minister appointed by the French republic, seemed determined to entice Americans into war on the side of the French.
Citizen Genet (1793) was sent by France to be its new ambassador to the United States.
Genet’s instructions were to use the United States as a base to equip privateers against the British.
www.findfreeessays.com /show_essay/7971.html   (505 words)

  
 Digital History
In April 1793, "Citizen" Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), a French minister, arrived in the United States and passed out letters authorizing Americans to attack British commercial vessels and Spanish New Orleans.
From Vermont to South Carolina citizens organized Democratic-Republican clubs to celebrate the triumphs of the French Revolution.
We expected nothing else, & had gone into the negotiations only to prove to all our citizens that peace was unattainable on terms which any one of them would admit.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=331   (395 words)

  
 3-Food: Australian citizen panel calls for strict labelling of GE food
The 14-member lay panel also called, in effect, for a short moratorium on any new commercial releases of GM foods in Australia, or the importation of unlabelled ones, until a better regulatory system was in place.
The conference, convened by the Australian Museum, is a method used increasingly overseas for citizens to influence government policy on contentious technologies.
In December, health ministers voted six to four in favour of labelling all genetically engineered foods, but there is pressure from ANZFA for some refined GM foods, such as vegetable oils, to be exempt from labelling.
www.gene.ch /genet/1999/Mar/msg00061.html   (561 words)

  
 South Street Seaport Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Genet did not ask the United States to support France militarily, but he did use American ports to hire fourteen American ships as privateers, and they soon seized over eighty British merchant vessels.
Genet's interpretation of American neutrality differed markedly from Washington's and led to protests by British diplomatic representatives in the United States.
While elected officials grappled with issues of neutrality, the citizens of the new nation were expressing their views in the streets.
www.southstseaport.org /magazine/articles/1997a-04.shtm   (2853 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Citizen Genet's full name was Citizen Edmond Charles Edouard Genet.
While the United States was having their revolution Genet asked George Washington If the United States would trade with France like they were doing with England.
Citizen Genet's name was picked out of the hat.
genet.egcsd.org /history/genet_history/citizen/alexnet.html   (304 words)

  
 Citizen Genêt - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Edmond-Charles Genêt (January 8, 1763 - July 14, 1834), also known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
The Citizen Genêt affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the young United States to elicit support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
However, his goals in South Carolina were to recruit and arm American privateers which would join French expeditions against British trade.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Citizen_Genet   (539 words)

  
 Genet
Jean Genet Jean Genet (born illegitimately on gay prison inmate.
Having been accused of stealing at age ten, Genet decid...
Sabryn Genet Sabryn Genet is an The Young and the Restless from 1997 to 2001.
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 AllRefer.com - Edmond Charles Edouard GenEt (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Edmond Charles Edouard GenEt (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Edmond Charles Edouard GenEt[edmON´ shArl AdwAr´ zhunA´] Pronunciation Key, 1763–1834, French diplomat, known as Citizen GenEt.
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 The French Revolution and the New American Republic, 1793-1803
As for Citizen Genêt, Jefferson believed he should be received, for the people of each nation had the right to a government of their own choice and Genêt represented such a government.
In his opinion, the announcement of neutrality was unwise because it would restrict the government’s freedom of action and would preclude possible bargaining with an anxious Britain.
In addition to the money and to America’s assumption of its citizen’s claims against France for seizing ships, the United States promised citizenship for the inhabitants of Louisiana, and by implication eventual statehood in the Union in accordance with constitutional procedures.
www3.sympatico.ca /gildore/sept21.htm   (3774 words)

  
 Citizen Genet
Synonyms: Edmund Charles Edouard Genet (n), Genet (n).
Citizen Genet formally presented to Washington / Pyle.
-5 letters: citizen, entente, genetic, genette, netizen, netting, tenting, tinting, zincing, zincite.
www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/Ci/Citizen+Genet.html   (221 words)

  
 Edwin Morse. The Vanguard of American Volunteers, Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Genet, whose home was in Ossining, New York, sailed for France at the end of January, 1915.
Seated in the centre is Edmond Genet, with William Dugan, from Rochester, N.Y., on his left.
The letter in which Genet described his part in the battle which began on September 25 miscarried, and consequently he sent a second, at a much later date, giving the details.
www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/AmerVolunteers/Morse1b.htm   (7152 words)

  
 Citizen Edmond Genêt
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 George Rogers Clark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Onto this stage steps Citizen Edmond Genet, the new minister from the revolutionary government of France.
Clark accepts the commission from Genet as " commander-in-chief of the revolutionary legions on the Mississippi," probably the biggest mistake of his career.
President George Washington, already out of patience with France's meddling in Kentucky, gives his full backing to the stop-action, The government demands the recall of Citizen Genet, and France, already feeling uncomfortable with its minister, agrees and the invasion plans collapse.
www.wfpl.org /grc/22.htm   (328 words)

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