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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 395
the Mississippi; therefore, to determine this right, it is
proper to examine what the Court of London has thought
and done on this head.
" It is known, that before the treaty of Paris, France
possessed Louisiana and Canada, and that she considered
the savage people, situated to the east of the Mississippi,
either as independent, or as under her protection.
" This pretension caused no dispute ; England never
thought of making any, except as to the lands situated towards the source of the Ohio, in that part where she had
given the name of Alleghany to that river.
" A discussion about limits at that time took place between
the Courts of Versailles and London, but it would be superfluous to follow the particulars ; it will suffice to observe,
that England proposed in 1755 the following boundary. It
set out from that point where the river de Boeuf falls into
the Ohio, at the place called Venango; it went up this river
towards lake Erie as far as twenty leagues, and setting off
again from the same place, Venango, a right line was drawn
as far as the last mountains of Virginia, which descend tow-
wards the ocean. As to the savage tribes situated between
the aforesaid line and the Mississippi, the English Minister
considers them as independent; from whence it follows,
that according to the very propositions of the Court of London, almost the whole course of the Ohio belonged to
France, and that the countries situated to the westward of
the mountains were considered as having nothing in common with the Colonies.
"When peace was negotiated in 1761, France offered to
make a cession of Canada to England. The regulation of
the limits of this Colony and Louisiana was in question.
France pretended that almost the whole course of the Ohio
made a part of Louisiana, and the Court of London, to
prove that this river belonged to Canada, produced several
authentic papers; among others, the chart which M. Vau-
| 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 | 00000416 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 395 the Mississippi; therefore, to determine this right, it is proper to examine what the Court of London has thought and done on this head. " It is known, that before the treaty of Paris, France possessed Louisiana and Canada, and that she considered the savage people, situated to the east of the Mississippi, either as independent, or as under her protection. " This pretension caused no dispute ; England never thought of making any, except as to the lands situated towards the source of the Ohio, in that part where she had given the name of Alleghany to that river. " A discussion about limits at that time took place between the Courts of Versailles and London, but it would be superfluous to follow the particulars ; it will suffice to observe, that England proposed in 1755 the following boundary. It set out from that point where the river de Boeuf falls into the Ohio, at the place called Venango; it went up this river towards lake Erie as far as twenty leagues, and setting off again from the same place, Venango, a right line was drawn as far as the last mountains of Virginia, which descend tow- wards the ocean. As to the savage tribes situated between the aforesaid line and the Mississippi, the English Minister considers them as independent; from whence it follows, that according to the very propositions of the Court of London, almost the whole course of the Ohio belonged to France, and that the countries situated to the westward of the mountains were considered as having nothing in common with the Colonies. "When peace was negotiated in 1761, France offered to make a cession of Canada to England. The regulation of the limits of this Colony and Louisiana was in question. France pretended that almost the whole course of the Ohio made a part of Louisiana, and the Court of London, to prove that this river belonged to Canada, produced several authentic papers; among others, the chart which M. Vau- |
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