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[โ€“] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Sorry, that deal was made with the French royal family, not the republic. It's null and void.

[โ€“] smac@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

It doesn't matter. The debt was repaid in 1795 by James Swan, a banker who assumed the debt from the U.S.

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