[Document, 1789 August 26]
- Title
- [Document, 1789 August 26]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
- Bond, Phineas, 1749-1815 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- August 26, 1789
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 page
- Subjects
- United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Sets forth the reasons Congress declined to accept his commission as Commissary for Great Britain. Essentially the reason given is that there is no agreed definition of the powers of such an officer, and Congress did not wish to receive such officers from any nation under these circumstances.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.05916