Genêt arrives in the United States
- When
- April 1793
- Where
- United States (arrival port unresolved; legacy record suggests Charleston)
Edmond-Charles Genêt, the Girondins' minister to the United States, was dispatched to America in 1793, arriving by April 1793.
Edmond-Charles Genêt, the French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution, was dispatched in 1793 to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Great Britain. He arrived in the United States in April 1793, and his actions on arriving led to a major political and international incident termed the Citizen Genêt Affair. A legacy record places his arrival at Charleston, South Carolina, on April 9, but the supplied passages confirm neither that port nor that exact day.
Sources
- Edmond-Charles Genêt Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17
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