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From John Jay to George Washington, 11 August 1794

To George Washington

London, 11 Augt. 1794

Dear Sir

The Letter herewith enclosed from Mr. Wangenheim1 came to me enclosed from him, requesting me to transmit it to You— it was and now is, without a cover— of this Gentleman I have no Knowledge or information but from these Letters. I have written to him, that the Issue of his application to You could not be foreseen; but that as the united States interposed no Impediments to Emigrants, so on the other Hand, their Governmt. offered no particular Gratifications or Inducements. many applications of the like kind are almost daily made, some by Frenchmen & others here. I uniformly give them the same answer. The spirit of Emigration to our Country becomes more and more diffused. Certain Resolutions from N. Carolina and Kentucky are here— they do no Good.

The Sentiments expressed by Mr. Fox relative to your administration are not singular here—2 I have frequently heard the same from important Characters opposed to him in Politics— A War with us would be very unpopular, unless we provoked it— I expect soon to write to You again. I have the Honor to be with perfect Respect Esteem and Attachmt. Dear Sir Your Obligated & obt. Servt

John Jay

Presid. of U.S.—

ALS, DLC: Washington (EJ: 10631). Dft, NNC (EJ: 08451); PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 16: 548–49.

1. On Karl August Freiherr von Wangenheim (1773–1850) and his letter to GW of 10 Feb. 1794, see PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 15: 209–13; for GW’s response to JJ, see GW to JJ, 1–4 Nov. 1794, ALS, NNC (EJ: 07256); Dft, DLC: Washington (EJ: 10637); PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 17: 125–29.

2. A speech given in Parliament by Charles James Fox on 21 Jan. 1794. See PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 16: 549.

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