But the claims in question were not the open cause even of the anomalous relations between the United States and France, and they did not fail to have such recognition in the convention terminating those relations as to exclude all idea that they were annulled by war, or any other antecedent facts.
Sumner clarifies that the claims in question were not the cause of the unusual relations between the U.S. and France and were recognized in the relevant convention.
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