Title
[Document, 1789 March 09]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, 1721-1796 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
March 09, 1789
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Dumas' letter of August 27th had enclosed request from the ChargT d'Affaires of the Palatinate and Bavaria to go to Congress and then the government of Pennsylvania, with regard to a Palatine citizen living in Philadelphia. Believes the courts in Pennsylvania are competent to deal with the ordinary course of justice between a private foreigner and a private citizen; does not think proper that the government of a country should interfere. As to other matters in Dumas' letters -- as the new federal government will be organized soon, all but the most important foreign affairs have been put off until new government is in place.
Identifier
columbia.jay.05913