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The US Treasury wrote cheques which weren't backed by anything but "the full faith and credit" of the US Government.How'd they get the money?
The US Treasury wrote cheques which weren't backed by anything but "the full faith and credit" of the US Government.How'd they get the money?
Which went to UK banks as I recall which then got cashed by the French Ambassador to BritainThe US Treasury wrote cheques which weren't backed by anything but "the full faith and credit" of the US Government.
The US has a long history of actually honoring and always paying debts on time.Which went to UK banks as I recall which then got cashed by the French Ambassador to Britain
True but in this case the irony of the money being picked up by the French ambassador to the UK in like the eight months they weren't shooting at each in this era is palatableThe US has a long history of actually honoring and always paying debts on time.
Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National DebtTrue but in this case the irony of the money being picked up by the French ambassador to the UK in like the eight months they weren't shooting at each in this era is palatable
Russia was not getting anything which could be called an "invasion fleet" out of the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Arctic, or Far East which could even threaten Martinique back then so if the US gave Martinique to the Poles the only real threat they would have faced would have been France or Britain picking a fight while the US was distracted: see: The French involvment in Mexico during the early 1860s.