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MRS. JAY TO MRS. IZARD. 335 JAY TO JOHN ADAMS. Paris, September 1, 1782. Dear Sir : I am this moment informed of a safe opportunity of conveying you a letter, and as such another may not soon offer, I must not omit it. My opinion coincides with yours as to the impropriety of treating with our enemies on any other than an equal footing. We have told Mr. Oswald so, and he has sent an express to London to communicate it and to require further instructions.1 He has not yet received an answer. Herewith enclosed is a copy of his commission. Mr. Vaughan has no public character. Mr. Fitzherbert is employed to talk about preliminaries with this Court. Nothing, I think, will be done until the return of Mr. Oswald's express. We shall then be enabled to form some judgment of the British Minister's real intentions. Adieu! I have only time to add that I am, with great esteem, your most obedient servant, John Jay. mrs. jay to mrs. izard. Mrs. Jay's compliments to Mrs. Izard. She is going this evening to the opera with the Marquis de la Fayette, who has given her the pleasure of inviting Mrs. Izard to be of the party, and Mrs. Jay is happy to offer Mrs. Izard a seat in her carriage. Friday morning, September 5, 1782. 1 Oswald's " Minutes of Conversation" with Franklin and Jay respecting the peace appear in full in Hale's " Franklin in France," vol. i., pp. 92-123.
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 | 00000356 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | MRS. JAY TO MRS. IZARD. 335 JAY TO JOHN ADAMS. Paris, September 1, 1782. Dear Sir : I am this moment informed of a safe opportunity of conveying you a letter, and as such another may not soon offer, I must not omit it. My opinion coincides with yours as to the impropriety of treating with our enemies on any other than an equal footing. We have told Mr. Oswald so, and he has sent an express to London to communicate it and to require further instructions.1 He has not yet received an answer. Herewith enclosed is a copy of his commission. Mr. Vaughan has no public character. Mr. Fitzherbert is employed to talk about preliminaries with this Court. Nothing, I think, will be done until the return of Mr. Oswald's express. We shall then be enabled to form some judgment of the British Minister's real intentions. Adieu! I have only time to add that I am, with great esteem, your most obedient servant, John Jay. mrs. jay to mrs. izard. Mrs. Jay's compliments to Mrs. Izard. She is going this evening to the opera with the Marquis de la Fayette, who has given her the pleasure of inviting Mrs. Izard to be of the party, and Mrs. Jay is happy to offer Mrs. Izard a seat in her carriage. Friday morning, September 5, 1782. 1 Oswald's " Minutes of Conversation" with Franklin and Jay respecting the peace appear in full in Hale's " Franklin in France," vol. i., pp. 92-123. |
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