Title
Document, 1785 November 24
Library Location
Name
Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1785 November 24
Physical Description
0 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
France and Holland have signed a treaty of defensive alliance; British attempts to prevent it were in vain, now well known and published; British prestige suffers from the treaty and from loss of Empire on the Seas. Pitt "is but a tool" and unsteady in his American politics; Carmarthen is a cypher. Adams will press for evacuation of the frontier posts at this opportunity. British people are dispirited and discouraged; he sees nothing to prevent America from encouraging States own manufacture and navigation, looking to France for treaty of commerce.
Identifier
columbia.jay.11868