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From John Jay to Grenville, 8 June 1794

To Grenville

Falmouth 8. June 1794

My Lord

I landed here this Evening with a Commission from the President of the United States, constituting me their Envoy to his majesty—1

The State of my Health not permitting me to travel rapidly, I transmit the enclosed Packet for your Lordship, with one for the marquis of Buckingham, by the Post— They were committed to my Care by Sir John Temple—2 it appears to me more proper to deny myself the Honor of delivering them in person than, for that purpose to detain them from your Lordships untill my

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, by John Hoppner, c. 1800. Oil on canvas. (© National Portrait Gallery, London)
arrival in London—3 I have the Honor to be with great Respect my Lord Your Lordship’s most obedt. & most h’ble Servt—

John Jay

The Right Honorable Lord Grenville one of his majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State—

ALS, UK-KeNA: FO 95/512 (EJ: 04968). Dft, NNC (EJ: 90243, EJ: 08487); LbkC, NNC: JJ Lbk. 8; HPJ description begins Henry P. Johnston, ed., The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay (4 vols.; New York, 1890–93) description ends , 4: 22.

1. On JJ’s appointment as envoy extraordinary to Britain, see the editorial note “The Jay Treaty: Appointment and Instructions,” JJSP description begins Elizabeth M. Nuxoll et al., eds., The Selected Papers of John Jay (6 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2010–) description ends , 5: 609–21.

2. On Temple, British consul general, see “Consuls De Gratia: The Role of British Consuls,” JJSP description begins Elizabeth M. Nuxoll et al., eds., The Selected Papers of John Jay (6 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2010–) description ends , 4: 245–50.

3. For JJ’s arrival in London, see JJ to Grenville, 15 June 1794, below.

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    “From John Jay to Grenville, 8 June 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-06-02-0006. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 6, 1794–1798, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, pp. 16–17.]

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