1. This letter was a cover letter for GW to JJ, 30 Aug., in which GW complained strenuously about the conduct of John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806), Lieutenant Governor of Canada, who had insisted that the United States refrain from occupying lands ceded by Britain in 1783 and far from the posts Britain still retained. GW held the British responsible for inciting the Indians against American settlers, and argued that it was vain for the British government to disavow such actions while not punishing the agents who perpetrated them. See PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 16: 613–16, 641; and JJ to Grenville, 13 Oct. 1794, above. Art. 2 of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation of 19 Nov. 1794 specified that the United States might extend settlements to any part within the 1783 boundary line except within jurisdiction of the occupied posts prior to British evacuation of them by 1 June 1796. This provision did not figure in JJ’s Project for a Treaty with Great Britain, 30 Sept. 1794, above.

In his letter to GW of 19 Nov., JJ reported he had not completed the representation to Grenville because his time was occupied by the completion of the treaty. JJ to GW, C, DLC: Washington (EJ: 10638); Dft, NNC (EJ: 08454); PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 17: 173–75.