Jay thinks that it was wise for Britain to conclude peace. The cessions to
France are not extravagant and the terms with America will lead to future friendship.
Parliament should have been told of the American offers on commerce and mutual
navigation. Yet America can derive from a navigation act of its own as many advantages
as she should lose by the restrictions of English laws. Why is there so much noise about
the Tories? The Whigs have suffered even more. If a Congress is called to accommodate
the mediating powers, Jay cannot understand why England consented. There is much hope
for future accord with England. This letter copied by Peter Jay Munro, the copy
corrected by John Jay.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1783 March 28
Physical Description
4
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
