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From John Jay to François de Barbé-Marbois, 22 December 1784

To François de Barbé-Marbois

Office of foreign Affairs

Trenton 22 Decr. 1784

Sir

Having accepted the Place of Secy for foreign Affairs, it becomes my duty to inform You that Congress will adjourn Tomorrow to meet at the City of NYork on Tuesday the 11 Day of Jany. next. I have the Honor to be Sir Your most obt. & hble Servt

Monsr. De Marbois Chargé des Affaires of his most Christian Majesty Philada.

Dft, NNC (EJ: 5704; 90227); LbkC, DNA: PCC, item 120, 1: 1 (EJ: 1542). Appended to the bottom of the draft is a similar letter of the same date addressed to “The Honbl. Mr. Van Berkel / minister plenipy of the united Netherlands—/ Philada”. LbkC, DNA: PCC, item 120, 1: 1 (EJ: 1543).

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    From John Jay to François de Barbé-Marbois, 22 December 1784
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    Barbé-Marbois, François de
    Date
    22 December 1784

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    “From John Jay to François de Barbé-Marbois, 22 December 1784,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-03-02-0311. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 3, 1782–1784, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 653.]

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