Title
[Document, 1781 July 2]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Floridablanca, José Moñino y Redondo, conde de, 1728-1808 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
July 2, 1781
Language
English
Physical Description
1 page
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Letterbook copy of document 4166. Jay left for Spain with sanguine hopes for a treaty and understood on his arrival that it turned on America's giving up the right to navigate the Mississippi to its mouth. John Jay now has instructions to agree to such terms as will remove all difficulty on this point. Jay now hopes for union and wants to begin a negotiation with an authorized person.
Identifier
columbia.jay.03415