Document, 1786 August 28

Title
Document, 1786 August 28
Library Location
National Archives and Records Administration
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Clinton, George, 1739-1812 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1786 August 28
Physical Description
1
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Jay sends an extract of a letter of 27 May from Jefferson to him and copies of the contract between the Farmer's General and Robert Morris and a letter from Vergennes to Jefferson. The information in these letters should be known but not published. The contract between the Farmer's General and Morris to be fulfilled but no new agreements of this kind to buy tobacco to be made. The Farmer's General also to buy in addition 12 to 15,000 hogsheads of tobacco from America while the contract in force.
Identifier
columbia.jay.02025