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108 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
Eight days elapsed. I heard nothing from the
Minister. He was daily at Court, and every evening
took his ride.
I repeatedly mentioned and complained of these
delays to the French Ambassador. He regretted
them, promised to speak to the Minister on the subject, but, I believe, did not. I appeared much dissatisfied, though not with him, and told him that if
Major Franks returned to America with no other intelligence than that of repeated delays, it was more
than probable that Congress would be much hurt, as
well as much disappointed. He had the same fears,
and advised me to detain the Major.
It became in my opinion important that the Minister, as well as the French Ambassador, should be
seriously apprehensive of my dismissing the Major
with letters that would render Congress very little
disposed to make sacrifices to this Court. The manner of doing this required some caution. I could
think of nothing better than to prepare a letter to the
Minister, and send the Ambassador a fair copy of my
draft for his consideration and advice.
The following are copies of that letter, and of the
one I sent with it to the Ambassador:
TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN.
SSt. Ildefonso, September 16, 1781.
IR •
The paper herewith enclosed is the draft of a letter which I think of writing to his Excellency, the
Count de Florida Blanca.
| 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 | 00000129 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 108 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. Eight days elapsed. I heard nothing from the Minister. He was daily at Court, and every evening took his ride. I repeatedly mentioned and complained of these delays to the French Ambassador. He regretted them, promised to speak to the Minister on the subject, but, I believe, did not. I appeared much dissatisfied, though not with him, and told him that if Major Franks returned to America with no other intelligence than that of repeated delays, it was more than probable that Congress would be much hurt, as well as much disappointed. He had the same fears, and advised me to detain the Major. It became in my opinion important that the Minister, as well as the French Ambassador, should be seriously apprehensive of my dismissing the Major with letters that would render Congress very little disposed to make sacrifices to this Court. The manner of doing this required some caution. I could think of nothing better than to prepare a letter to the Minister, and send the Ambassador a fair copy of my draft for his consideration and advice. The following are copies of that letter, and of the one I sent with it to the Ambassador: TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN. SSt. Ildefonso, September 16, 1781. IR • The paper herewith enclosed is the draft of a letter which I think of writing to his Excellency, the Count de Florida Blanca. |
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