The mission was, indeed, doomed from the outset, and nothing more need be said of it than that in the end, to secure any treaty at all, Monroe and Pinkney broke their instructions and set aside the three Ultimata.
"Jefferson and his Colleagues A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Volume 15 In The Chronicles Of America Series"
Allen Johnson
These points were no longer to be "Ultimata" but only matters for discussion.
"Jefferson and his Colleagues A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Volume 15 In The Chronicles Of America Series"
Allen Johnson
On the 18th, one was sent to the same Minister, with propositions which were then regarded as their Ultimata.
"The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX"
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