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JAY TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 3
visits were continued, and the general invitation to
dine once or twice repeated. In this line my connection with the marquis remained, until I received the
offer of the king's responsibility for a loan, etc. Several reasons induced me to think it expedient to consult the marquis as to the manner of making this offer
useful to us. I waited upon him for that purpose.
He told me he could not intermeddle in these affairs
without instructions from the court; but was nevertheless very civil, and expressed a desire of doing me
services, etc. As he declined entering into particulars, I did not press it; nor had my ideas of his importance risen so high as to reconcile me to the
extraordinary and unnecessary measure of applying to
the Court for the instructions in question. I did not,
however, let him know my sentiments or intentions on
the subject. It seems he had heard of Mr. Grand
having been desired by you to make inquiries for
money for me, and he advised me to write to him on
the subject, which I accordingly did. In his answer
of the 21st October, he says :
I am very unhappy to hear you are not benefited on the
spot by the facility tendered to you by the Court of Spain,
so much more so that the nature of circumstances here does
not admit of the least hope of success. Too many attempts,
all vainless, have already been made for the good of your
credit; adding any more to the number would be destructive
to it entirely, at this particular juncture, chiefly when our
government is about raising a sum of money much more
enticing and advantageous in its conditions. This perplexing situation suggested me an idea I communicated to Dr.
Franklin, etc.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000024 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 3 visits were continued, and the general invitation to dine once or twice repeated. In this line my connection with the marquis remained, until I received the offer of the king's responsibility for a loan, etc. Several reasons induced me to think it expedient to consult the marquis as to the manner of making this offer useful to us. I waited upon him for that purpose. He told me he could not intermeddle in these affairs without instructions from the court; but was nevertheless very civil, and expressed a desire of doing me services, etc. As he declined entering into particulars, I did not press it; nor had my ideas of his importance risen so high as to reconcile me to the extraordinary and unnecessary measure of applying to the Court for the instructions in question. I did not, however, let him know my sentiments or intentions on the subject. It seems he had heard of Mr. Grand having been desired by you to make inquiries for money for me, and he advised me to write to him on the subject, which I accordingly did. In his answer of the 21st October, he says : I am very unhappy to hear you are not benefited on the spot by the facility tendered to you by the Court of Spain, so much more so that the nature of circumstances here does not admit of the least hope of success. Too many attempts, all vainless, have already been made for the good of your credit; adding any more to the number would be destructive to it entirely, at this particular juncture, chiefly when our government is about raising a sum of money much more enticing and advantageous in its conditions. This perplexing situation suggested me an idea I communicated to Dr. Franklin, etc. |
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