The Memoir And Writings of James Handasyd Perkins volume 2
The Memoir And Writings of James Handasyd Perkins volume 2
James H James Handasyd Perkins
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Jay ? We ask our readers to weigh the following facts. Mr. Jay reached Paris, whither he was called by letters from Dr. Franklin, on the 23d of June, 1782. J From that time until September, little or no progress was made in negotiation, in consequence of the dilatory steps of the English government, which at first issued a commission wherein the United States were termed colonies, ^ a term to which Mr. Jay resolutely objected, although Dr. Franklin and the Count de Vergennes thought it "signifi...ed little. " Mr. Jay's opposition, and his arguments to Mr. Oswald, the British commissoner, carried the day, however, and on the 27th of September a new commission, drawn in accordance * Burnet, p. 315. T Burnet, p. 315, note. t Sparks's Dip. Corr. , VIII. 113. Ibid. , X. 76. NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY. 333 with Mr. Jay's views, reached Paris. * Meantime, it had become evident that Spain, and probably France also, would oppose the claims of the United States to the West. T Mr. Jay was convinced that they would uphold the English claim to all the -country north of the Ohio.
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