Title
[Document, 1785 June 18]
Library Location
Name
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Author)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
June 18, 1785
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Sends their letter closing the negotiation with Berlin. Letter on counterdraught from court of Tuscany. Have heard from Adams that a Mr. Lamb coming with instructions on the negotiation with Barbary. Anxious to settle matters with these powers. Have given Mr. John Baptist Picquet some money and have asked Adams to supply with a large additional sum for his troubles in the advance of American seamen in Lisbon. Congress should consider what if anything further they wish to give him. Asks Jay to inform them if any of their letters to Congress have been received.
Identifier
columbia.jay.10099