<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/e35g-2f91</dc:identifier><dc:title>Document, 1787 October 09</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>Political gossip: France appears disposed to peace; England seems ready to
            go to war. Ministers and court diplomacy. Position of the United States if war breaks
            out: how to preserve neutrality? If England, whatever her protestations of peace with
            the United States are now, begins to gain in a war, it is likely that she will attack
            America. Holland in dismal situation, a "living warning to the United
            States."</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>