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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 41
JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON.
Paris, April 11, 1783.
Dear Sir :
I wrote you a short letter on the seventh instant.
Certain intelligence has since arrived from England,
that the Duke of Portland is First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Fox and Lord North Secretaries of State,
and Lord John Cavendish Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is also said, that Lord Stormont is
President of the Council, and the Duke of Manchester Ambassador to Versailles. I hear that Mr.
David Hartley is appointed to conclude a definitive
treaty with us.
The Emperor and Russia have been requested in
their mediatorial capacity, to send plenipotentiaries
to assist at the definitive treaties. The true motives
to this measure can as yet be only conjectured. The
ostensible one is a mark of respect to their offered,
but not accepted, mediation. The proposition originated here. Their answer is expected daily. It is
whispered that Russia consents. Safe opportunities
of sending important letters from hence to Madrid
are so very rare, that I think yours for that place had
better be always conveyed directly to Cadiz or other
ports in Spain where some American of confidence
may be settled.
"It having been rumored that he was to be appointed, after the peace, Minister to England, he addressed the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, May 30, declining in favor of Mr. Adams.
" The delicate state of his health induced him to abandon his design of returning to Spain, and especially as he foresaw that the delays attending the negotiation of the definitive treaty would necessarily detain him in France till the
ensuing year."—Jay's " Life of Jay," vol. 1., pp. 171-72.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000076 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 41 JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. Paris, April 11, 1783. Dear Sir : I wrote you a short letter on the seventh instant. Certain intelligence has since arrived from England, that the Duke of Portland is First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Fox and Lord North Secretaries of State, and Lord John Cavendish Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is also said, that Lord Stormont is President of the Council, and the Duke of Manchester Ambassador to Versailles. I hear that Mr. David Hartley is appointed to conclude a definitive treaty with us. The Emperor and Russia have been requested in their mediatorial capacity, to send plenipotentiaries to assist at the definitive treaties. The true motives to this measure can as yet be only conjectured. The ostensible one is a mark of respect to their offered, but not accepted, mediation. The proposition originated here. Their answer is expected daily. It is whispered that Russia consents. Safe opportunities of sending important letters from hence to Madrid are so very rare, that I think yours for that place had better be always conveyed directly to Cadiz or other ports in Spain where some American of confidence may be settled. "It having been rumored that he was to be appointed, after the peace, Minister to England, he addressed the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, May 30, declining in favor of Mr. Adams. " The delicate state of his health induced him to abandon his design of returning to Spain, and especially as he foresaw that the delays attending the negotiation of the definitive treaty would necessarily detain him in France till the ensuing year."—Jay's " Life of Jay," vol. 1., pp. 171-72. |
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