1From John Jay to Floridablanca, 28 October 1781 (Jay Papers)
M r . Gardoqui informs me that his Majesty was pleased in the Month of March last to order “that when a prize taken by a French or Dutch Vessel should arrive in a Port of Spain, the Marine Judge of the District, should reduce to writing the Evidence of the Capture, and deliver it to the French or Dutch Consul (as the case might be) to be by him transmitted to the Admiralty from whence the...
2From John Jay to Floridablanca, 11 August 1780 (Jay Papers)
M r Jay presents his respectful Compliments to his Excellency the Count D’Florida Blanca, and has the Honor of informing him, that since the Date of his last, Bills to the Amount of six thousand six hundred Dollars, have been presented to him for acceptance. M r Jay has prevailed upon the Holders of these Bills, to wait six or Eight Days for his Answer, on a Promise that the Time for their...
3From John Jay to Floridablanca, 16 August 1780 (Jay Papers)
The Letter which your Excellency did me the Honor to write on the 12 th . Inst: was delivered to me Yesterday. The kind Concern you are pleased to express for the Delay, which suspends my recieving a positive Answer respecting the Bills, demands my Acknowledgements, and is an additional Proof of that generous Sensibility, which enduced your Excellency to tell me, “that your Friendship for...
4From John Jay to Floridablanca, 6 March 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have been honored with your Excellency’s favor of the 24 th . Ult., which did not come to my Hands ’till some time after its arrival. The Sentiments which his Majesty is pleased to entertain of me, together with the polite manner in which your Excellency has been so obliging as to express them, demand my warmest Acknowledgements; and give additional Force to the many motives, which render me...
5From John Jay to Floridablanca, 28 June 1781 (Jay Papers)
Agreable to your Excellencys Request I have now the honor of again submitting to your Consideration a particular State of the Case of the unfortunate Americans, who after Capturing the Dover Cutter and bringing her safe to Santa Cruz in the Island of Teneriff the 15 th April 1780 have ^ not ^ as yet reaped the Fruits they expected from that successful tho’ dangerous Enterprize. Your...
6From John Jay to Floridablanca, 22 June 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have received the Note which your Excellency did me the honor to write on the 20 th Instant, and I take ^ the ^ earliest opportunity of expressing my thanks for your Excellencys permission to accept the bills mentioned in it, which I have accordingly done. Agreable to your Excellencys recommendation in the first conference, I have turned my thoughts very seriously to the objects which were...
7From John Jay to Floridablanca, 2 March 1782 (Jay Papers)
M r Gardoqui informed me yesterday that he had recieved an order to pay to M r Cabarrus on my acc t . 26000 Dollars, being somewhat more than the Ballance due on the 150.000; and for which be pleased to accept my thanks and acknowledgments. As the Residue of the Bills drawn upon me by Congress does not amount to a great sum, and as M r Cabarrus had generously offered to furnish it, provided...
8From John Jay to Floridablanca, 22 September 1781 (Jay Papers)
I have the honor of transmitting herewith enclosed the propositions requested by Your Exe y . on Wednesday Evening last I have endeavoured to render them as short & simple as possible & I flatter myself that the unreserved frankness with which they are written will be no less agreeable to your Exey than I am sure it is consistent with the desire & disposition of my Constituents As the issue of...
9From John Jay to Floridablanca, 14 September 1780 (Jay Papers)
The information I received yesterday from your Excellency, by M r Gardoqui, has drawn the affair of the Bills of Exchange to a conclusion. He told me that the Exigencies of the State would not permit his Majesty to provide for the payment of more of those bills than were already accepted, amounting to about 14′000 dollars. As it is important that every Nation at war should know exactly the...
10From John Jay to Floridablanca, 28 June 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor of transmitting to your Excellency herewith enclosed a Copy of an Act of the State of Connecticut just come to Hand, in which are recited certain Resolutions of Congress passed the 18 th March last. These Resolutions are calculated to put the american Finances on a permanent Footing. They direct, among other Things, that Bills be issued, redeemable in Specie with Interest, at...