To John Jay from Henry Dundas, 9 September 1794
From Henry Dundas
Horse Guards Monday 9th. Sept. 1794
Sir
you was so obliging as to say you would do me the honour of taking a quiet Dinner with me at my retreat at Wimbledon. If Thursday next is agreable to you, and your Son and Mr Trumbull, I shall be very happy of your Company that day. I dine soon after four o clock,1 and I have the honour to remain, with great Respect Sir your most obedient and humble Servant
Henry Dundas
ALS, NNC (EJ: 05436). Endorsed: “… and. 9 sepr. 1794”.
1. PAJ records in his diary that on 12 Sept., “We dined with Mr. Dundas at Wimbleton in company with Mr. Pitt, the Lord Chancellor, & Lord Macartney who has lately arrived from China, & who told us many interesting facts relating to that country”. PAJ Diary A, AD, NNC. A scheduling conflict delayed this meeting as JJ and his two secretaries had plans on the appointed day, so Dundas wrote back on the 10th proposing the following Friday, which JJ accepted. JJ to Dundas, 9 and 10 Sept., both Dft, NNC (EJ: 08901; EJ: 05436); Dundas to JJ, 10 Sept. 1794, ALS, NNC (EJ: 05573).
On Dundas, see JJ to GW, 21 July 1794, above. For JJ’s sense that a majority of the British cabinet was disposed to settle differences with the United States, see JJ to ER, 13 Sept. 1794, below. See also the editorial notes “John Jay’s Mission to London,” and “Negotiating the Jay Treaty,” both above.