51To John Jay from Grenville, 7 October 1794 (Jay Papers)
It shall certainly be my object to hasten as much as possible the examination & consideration of the Contre projet which I have received from you. But on such attention as I have hitherto been able to give to it I find so much new matter, and so much variation in the form & substance of the Articles proposed in the projet, that I am very apprehensive the discussion of these points will of...
52To 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....
53To 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...
54To 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...
55To John Jay from Grenville, 19 November 1794 (Jay Papers)
I have the honour to transmit to you the Papers which you have already seen relative to the Claims of certain Persons having Rights of Remainder, or other Interests in Estates confiscated in America during the late War, but whose Rights or Interests according to Justice and the established Laws under which those Estates were held, could not be affected by such Confiscation. I have no doubt...
56To John Jay from Grenville, 21 November 1794 (Jay Papers)
I think I owe it to the confidence established between us to communicate to you privately the Copy of a Dispatch which I send by this packet to M r . Hammond. You will certainly understand that what he is expressly restrained from stating ministerially in America, is not meant to be so stated to you by me. But you will recollect that I have frequently conversed with you upon these points, & I...
57To 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...
58To 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...
59To 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...
60From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 9 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
When we last conversed together on the subject we were both of opinion that the Minister expected from France should be received. Subsequent circumstances have perhaps induced an additional embarrassment on this point and render it adviseable to reconsider the opinion generally and to raise this further question—Whether he ought to be received absolutely or with qualifications? The King has...