Title
[Document, 1785 April 21]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
April 21, 1785
Language
English
Physical Description
6 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
All disputes over the eastern boundary should be settled as soon as possible. Adams should be sent all the papers and instructed to press for a commission to settle the line. Each party shall name half. They shall take an oath of impartiality. The majority of the whole shall be a quorum. Both parties shall have access to public records of the other. A report to be made in three months. All transfers of territory shall be made within six months of the decision concerning them.
Identifier
columbia.jay.03833