71Memorial from William Green, 11 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...reason with Your Memorialist, for Confiding his property to the Management of the said British Merchants, John Buchannan and Robert Charnock, was, that particular Article of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, whereby it is stipulated, that there should be no Legal Impediment to the Recovery of the Full Value in Sterling Money of all, Bona Fide, debts...
72Conversation with George Hammond, [1–2 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Article VIII of the treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain guaranteed Britain free navigation of the Mississippi River (
73Commercial Discrimination, [30 January] 1794 (Madison Papers)
With respect to the intercourse between the United States and Great-Britain, there was, he insisted, a want of reciprocity throughout, that must strike the most superficial observer.
74IV. John Adams to Charles Adams, 13 February 1794 (Adams Papers)
By the Seventh Article of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britain it is stipulated
75From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 24 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
I also transmit to you copies of a letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister
plenipotentiary of his britannic majesty, and of the answer thereto, upon the subject of
the treaty between the United States and Great Britain;
76Report on the Petition of Joseph Henry, [27 February 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
...Seal between Philip Bush as Agent of Mathias Bush, and Joseph Holmes, John Smith and Isaac Zane, in Character of Agents for the State of Virginia, demising the land “for and during the War between the United States and Great Britain, to cut, use and enjoy all the Timber that might be wanting for the Use of the United States or any of them either for building or fuel for Troops belonging to...
77To George Washington from the Democratic Society of Washington County, Pennsylvania, 24 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Article 8 of the 1783 peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain reads:
“The Navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the Ocean shall for ever
remain free and open to the Subjects of Great Britain and the Citizens of the United
States” (
78Enclosure: Points to be Considered in the Instructions to Mr. Jay, Envoy Extraordinary to G B, [23 April 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
“2. A Second cause of your mission, but not inferior in dignity to the preceding, though subsequent in order, is to draw to a conclusion all points of difference between the United States and Great Britain, concerning the treaty of peace....as to promise the continuance of tranquility between the United States and Great Britain, the subject of a commercial treaty may not be listened to by you...
79To John Jay from Edmund Randolph, 6 May 1794 (Jay Papers)
2. A second cause of your mission, but not inferior in dignity to the preceding tho’ subsequent in order, is to draw to a conclusion all points of difference between the United States and Great Britain, concerning the treaty of peace....United States and Great Britain, the subject of a commercial treaty may not be listened to by you, or even broken to the British ministry. If it should let...
80From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 8 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
On April 19, 1794, the Senate had confirmed the appointment of John Jay as Envoy Extraordinary to settle the differences between the United States and Great Britain (