<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/dyny-2j29</dc:identifier><dc:title>Document, 1785 November 04</dc:title><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Yesterday read an arret of the King of France, published in a Leyden
            gazette: a bounty promised to importers of fish from French fisheries, into French West
            Indies, to Spain, Portugal or Italy. French fish an important commodity to American and
            English market, but Carmarthen would not comment. Discussion of Carmarthen's character;
            Pitt's shift in political sentiments. Comment on proceedings at Charleston of the 15th
            August. American policy. Comments on England: "this nation is strongly blinded by
            prejudice and passion...there is a prohibition of the truth, arising from popular
            anger...Scribblers for bread are wholly occupied in abusing the United
            States."</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>