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ii4 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
It is observable, that he did not offer to return me the
draft of this letter, though I had agreed to suppress it.
The letter which, agreeable to the Ambassador's
advice, I substituted in the place of the other, is in
these words, viz. :
TO THE COUNT DE FLORIDA BLANCA.
Sir • St. Ildefonso, September 17, 1781.
A reluctance to despatch Major Franks without
transmitting by him to Congress the information
they expect to receive, on the subject I have had the
honour of submitting to your Excellency's consideration, has induced me hitherto to detain him, especially as I was encouraged to hope that your Excellency would have found leisure last week for entering
into serious conference with me on those important
points. The same reluctance prevails upon me to
detain him another week, and I think it my duty to
inform your Excellency that he will set out on Saturday next.
I need not remark to your Excellency that if the
letter I may then write by him should not contain
the desired intelligence, Congress will naturally be
led to apprehend that their expectations of forming
an intimate union with Spain were not well founded.
I have the honour to be, etc.,
John Jay.
On the 19th I received the following answer:
[Translation.]
" The Count de Florida Blanca would have been charmed
to have had it in his power to have a long conference with
| 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 | 00000135 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ii4 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. It is observable, that he did not offer to return me the draft of this letter, though I had agreed to suppress it. The letter which, agreeable to the Ambassador's advice, I substituted in the place of the other, is in these words, viz. : TO THE COUNT DE FLORIDA BLANCA. Sir • St. Ildefonso, September 17, 1781. A reluctance to despatch Major Franks without transmitting by him to Congress the information they expect to receive, on the subject I have had the honour of submitting to your Excellency's consideration, has induced me hitherto to detain him, especially as I was encouraged to hope that your Excellency would have found leisure last week for entering into serious conference with me on those important points. The same reluctance prevails upon me to detain him another week, and I think it my duty to inform your Excellency that he will set out on Saturday next. I need not remark to your Excellency that if the letter I may then write by him should not contain the desired intelligence, Congress will naturally be led to apprehend that their expectations of forming an intimate union with Spain were not well founded. I have the honour to be, etc., John Jay. On the 19th I received the following answer: [Translation.] " The Count de Florida Blanca would have been charmed to have had it in his power to have a long conference with |
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