1To John Jay from Grenville, 16 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
I have this Evening received your letter announcing your arrival in London on which I beg leave to congratulate you, and to express at the same time my best acknowledgments for the trouble you have taken with respect to the letters you were so good as to forward to me from Falmouth. I am very sorry that it will not be possible for me to have the honour of seeing you tomorrow, but if Wednesday...
2To John Jay from Grenville, 19 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
Lord Grenville presents his Compliments to M r . Jay. He had the honor to lay before the King yesterday the Copy of M r Jay’s letter of Credence. As Wednesday is the usual day for His Majesty’s giving Audience to foreign Ministers, and as there will be no Levee next Wednesday on account of His Majesty’s journey to Portsmouth, His Majesty has fixed Wednesday sev’nnight for receiving M r Jay....
3To John Jay from Grenville, 24 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
I am much obliged to you for the communication of the papers which you have been so good as to send me. I shall be desirous of an opportunity of conversing with you again on Friday morning at Eleven, if that hour should suit you— In the mean time I can only assure you of my sincere desire to contribute to the object of cordiality & friendship between the two countries, & of the real pleasure...
4To John Jay from Grenville, 1 August 1794 (Jay Papers)
The Undersigned Secretary of State has had the honour to lay before the King the Ministerial note which he has received from M r . Jay, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, respecting the alleged irregularity of the capture and condemnation of several American Vessels, and also respecting the circumstances of personal severity by which those...
5To John Jay from Grenville, 5 August 1794 (Jay Papers)
Since Lord Grenville had last the honour of seeing M r Jay he has looked more particularly into the grounds on which M r Jefferson in the Paper communicated to Lord Grenville by M r Jay accuses great Britain of the first violation of treaty by her conduct respecting the Posts. He now sends M r Jay a Note on that subject which he does not communicate to Him as an official Paper because He has...
6To John Jay from Grenville, 17 August 1794 (Jay Papers)
I yesterday received your letter & can with truth assure you that I am not less desirous than you naturally are to expedite the conclusion of our negotiation, & that I feel the force of the reasons you mention for wishing to avoid unnecessary delay. You cannot on the other hand but be sensible of the multitude & urgency of other business at the present moment which makes it impossible to me to...
7To John Jay from Grenville, enclosing Draft Treaties of Amity and Commerce, 30 August 1794 (Jay Papers)
I have now the honour to transmit to you two projets the one for regulating all points in dispute between His Majesty and the United States, the other for the establishment of commercial regulations. You will perceive that I have proceeded in forming these projets on the foundation of the paper you communicated to me, but that I have occasionally made such variations as seemed to me to be just...
8To John Jay from Grenville, 5 September 1794 (Jay Papers)
Lord Grenville presents his Compliments to M r . Jay— He has receiv’d M r . Jay’s note, with the enclos’d remarks, and will be glad to see him at his Office Tomorrow at Twelve o’Clock. Lord Grenville has in the mean time the Honor to enclose to M r . Jay, some observations which have occurr’d to him, on the perusal of the Paper which he receiv’d from M r . Jay. Observations respecting the...
9To John Jay from Grenville, 7 September 1794 (Jay Papers)
I send You the inclosed Paper as containing what you perhaps may not have seen, & what cannot fail to be interesting to you, as I will not deny that it has been to me. I will beg you to return the paper as I preserve the series. I do not believe that you personally will much envy M r Monroe the honour of the paternal kiss which he has received; and if such an exhibition is thought not to...
In Order to narrow as much as possible the Objects of our Discussions, I have stated in the enclosed paper what occurs to me on the different points to which your notes apply, except the 2 d : 3 d : & 4 th : Articles of those Notes, which I have reservd for further examination and inquiry;— I expect that by tuesday or wednesday at furthest I shall be able to converse further with you on those...