It was the state of "Virginia" in which <span>the first successful colony, Jamestown, was settled. It was successful largely to its ability to plant and harvest tobacco, which was in high demand in Europe. </span>
They were supposed to meet the French Foreign Minister,Charles Maurice de Telleyrand, instead he sent three agents Jean-Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy and Lucien Hauteval to negotiate a bribe of 50,000 pounds and a loan to the French government before negotiations could begin.
GMT is -5 hours ahead of us during Daylight Savings Time and -6 hours during standard time.
So if it is 12PM in Greenwich then it would be 5 hours earlier or 7am in Dallas.