Sets forth the reasons Congress declined to accept his Commission of
Commisary for Great Britain. Essentially the reason given is that there is no agreed
definition of the powers of such an officer, and Congress did not wish to receive such
officers from any nation under these circumstances.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1789 August 26
Physical Description
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Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
