Title
[Document, 1781 November 28]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
November 28, 1781
Language
English
Physical Description
5 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Nothing much has happened since the defeat of Cornwallis. [In cipher: Congress is astonished by Jay's treatment in Spain. What does he think of going to France if he cannot obtain a treaty or a loan?]. Congress has dissolved Adams' power to make a treaty with England. Now to be five commissioners. The cipher is not deciphered in Wharton or Johnson.
Identifier
columbia.jay.07925