Contains commentaries, notes, and quotations on questions of foreign policy; notes on an opinion of John Jay's character and the reasons he was selected as President of the Continental Congress. MS [transcripts].Includes: n.d. [1778?], Reflections on the question of whether the United States should be influenced by the spirit of conquest; December [1778?], Conrad Gerard's opinion on the Floridas; 2 December [1778?], A Character of John Jay by Conrad Gerard; 25 December 1778, Proposal of a Truce between England and the United States, made to Gerard (extract); 21 October 1780, New Instructions to John Jay [from Marbois] (with notes); 17 July 1783, John Jay to Gouverneur Morris (extract, with notes).
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829