Conversation with Charles James Fox: Henry Laurens asks if a minister would be received and Charles James Fox says yes. Henry Laurens hopes for a commercial treaty, Charles James Fox too but says U.S. will be excluded from West Indies trade. Portland said an American ambassador would be received. Discussed possibility of new articles in definitive treaty. Laurens tried to explain the mutiny at Phil adelphia.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829