Document, 1798 June 25
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- Name
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
- North, William, 1755-1836 (Addressee)
- Title
- Document, 1798 June 25
- Abstract
- ALS. Arrived in New York on 23 June 1798 and received North's letter of 22 June 1798. Written by Jay as Governor of New York to North as Senator from New York. North wrote soliciting advice on foreign affairs from Jay. Says the French alliance of 1777 should be considered void, but advises that a declaration of war should be avoided. Says war must see m unavoidable and necessary before the general public will give its approval of such drastic measures. Regrets the drastic measures of the Jacobins in France. Believes Elbridge Gerry's decision to remain in France after the XYZ Affair, while done out of good intentions, is a mistake. Says there are people trying to use French Foreign Minster Talleyrand's letter for mischievous purposes, probably to ratchet up tension between the two nations.
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Format
- correspondence
- Genre
- letters (correspondence)
- Date
- 1798 June 25
- Physical Description
- 2
- Note
- The entire content of the original has been digitized.
- Also In
- The papers of John Jay
- Copyright Status
- No Known Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/21ke-za15