1Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 15 November 1782 (Jay Papers)
As M r Fitz Herbert informs me he intends to dispatch a Messenger to night, I take the Opportunity of referring to the Letter which I had the honour our of writing you on the 7 th by the Courier Stayley, who Sett out on the 8 th , at three in the afternoon. In that Letter I made a full Report of my last Conversation with the American Commissioners as near to their own words as I could...
2Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 6[–7] November 1782 (Jay Papers)
Referring to the Letter I had the honour of writing by M r Strachey, who left this Place yesterday afternoon, I beg leave to inform you that I called on M r Jay this morning for an Answer to a Letter from me to the American Commissioners, delivered to him some days past, in relation to the Refugees and Loyalists, and also to one Sent to him from M r Strachey yesterday, on the Same Subject. To...
3Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 8 October 1782 (Jay Papers)
M r . Jay, upon his return last night from Passy, told me that Doct r Franklin could not determine as to the Boundary Line between Nova Scotia and Massachusetts Bay, and thought it was best to leave it to be Settled by an express Commission for that purpose, after the War: and accordingly added a Minute of that Clause to the enclosed Treaty, to Stand as a part of it when Signed— He also told...
4Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 7 October 1782 (Jay Papers)
Referring to my Letters of the 2 d & 3 d , by the Courier North, and to one of the 5 th , which goes under this Cover, I have the honour to send you inclosed the plan or Articles of a final Treaty proposed between Great Britain and the Thirteen States of America; Which being settled, was deliverd to me by M r Jay on the 5 th . in his own hand writing, after it had been approved of by Doct r...
5Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 5 October 1782 (Jay Papers)
In my Letters of the 3 d Instant to the Secretary of State, I took the Liberty to propose our embarking the Garrisons of New York, Charles Town & Penobscott, & employing them in retaking Pensacola, and other places in West Florida, so as to recover possession of that Colony, by driving the Spaniards intirely out of the Country, on that side of the Missisippi. The Motives to this Undertaking...
6Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 2 October 1782 (Jay Papers)
I had the honour of your Letters of the 20 th . & 24 th September, the last accompanying his Majesty’s new Commission, alter’d as desired. Upon receipt, I produced it to the American Commissioners; & they were entirely satisfied therewith. I have also to advise that yesterday I delivered to them a Copy of said Commission after its being compared with the original, and certified by me; and in...
7Richard Oswald to Thomas Townshend, 10 September 1782 (Jay Papers)
By the Courier Ranspach, who arrived here on the 3 d , I had the honour of your Letter of the 1 st Instant. Upon receipt of it, I went out to Doct r . Franklin, He asked me whether I had any directions relative to the point upon which the last Courier had been dispatched to England, regarding a previous Declaration of their Independence before a commencement of Treaty. I told him I had got...