<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/w3mc-7713</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1783 January 19]</dc:title><dc:creator>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Has been away for ten days on an excursion into Normandy for his health. American good faith has remained inviolate and is consistent with our engagements to our allies. Thanks Lafayette for his zeal in the American cause but does not think a loan from Spain likely. Credits no rumors as to whether peace is coming or not.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>