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Date 1797
Location France • Paris

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John Marshall
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Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
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Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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