XYZ affair
depicted as fever, delusion, vii, 34-6, 52, 97, 534, 536, 560, 573
effects wearing away, vii, 485, 509, 512, 534, 536, 560, 573
Talleyrand encourages negotiation, 18-19, 21, 34
and law of nations, 38
instructions to envoys, 44, 46, 47, 50
causes political damage, threat to liberties, 66, 74n, 77-8
influence to be felt through Sixth Congress, 97, 223
allusions to, 155, 296
taints subsequent negotiations, 279